From Generation to Generation 



Dwigbt Stone "Olive Evans 





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From Generation to Generation 



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The Genealogies 

of 

Dwight Stone and Olive Evans 



COMPILED BY 

JULIA EVANS (STONE) NEIL 



COLUMBUS, OHIO 
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The Champlin Press 
Columbus. Ohio 



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PREFACE 

When Mrs. Neil began this work, nothing was far- 
ther from her mind than pubHcation. Her only thought 
was to make more intimate acquaintance with her own 
people; to gain some knowledge of their lives, how they 
met the dangers and difficulties of those earlier days, 
what they thought and said and did ; in short, what man- 
ner of men and women they were. To learn a little of 
all this and perhaps, find a story or two for her grand- 
children, was the height of her desire. 

In consequence, comparatively little care was taken 
in the beginning to preserve the names of authorities, 
once the fact itself was esta'blished to her own satisfac- 
tion. Later when the material began to accumulate, she 
decided to embody it in two type-written volumes one 
containing the ancestry of her father, Dwight Stone ; the 
other, that of her mother, Olive Evans. 

In the spring of 1906, Professor George E. Stone, 
of Amherst, with whom she had carried on some corres- 
pondence, suggested that she should publish the book, as- 
suring her that the number of those whom it would in- 
terest was far greater than she would dream was possi- 
ble. She accepted the suggestion and, since then every 
effort has been made, not only to trace each line as far 
back as records would permit, but to keep the names of 
all authorities and to recover, when it could be done, those 
that had been lost. From the very first, however, no 
pains have been spared to verify each fact and whenever 
doubt remained it is so stated in the book. In the gen- 



ealogies all persons from whom descent is claimed but 
not proved, are marked with an asterisk; and in the ac- 
companying text, all stories are mentioned as probable or 
only possible as the case may be. 

The work has far more than paid for itself in the in- 
creased knowledge of Colonial and Revolutionary days 
and in the strengthening of that feeling for one's own 
clan that has made "Highlanders, shoulder to shoulder!" 
the watchword for loyalty the wide world over. Not the 
least of the reward has been the discoverer's joy in find- 
ing a missing name or date, or greater triumph still, the 
clue to the history of some line whose records had seemed 
to be forever lost in the shadows of the past. 

She now sends the book upon its way, hoping it may 
prove of real value to others enlisted in the same pur- 
suit and that all whom it may personally concern, may 
draw inspiration from the energy, industry and sound 
judgment, the courage and endurance, best of all, the 
staunch integrity of the men and women who have given 
them life. 

Alice Fay Potter. 

Columbus, Ohio, 
February, 1907. 



EXPLANATORY NOTE 

The plan of this book is very simple. It is divided 
into two sections. In the first, the ancestry of Dvvight 
Stone, the Stone lineage is given first and all others 
follow in alphabetical order. Each line begins with the 
earliest of that name from whom direct descent is proved 
and is continued down from father to son until the spin- 
dle comes into play. Of course the descendants of an 
ancestress must be sought among her husband's people. 
Turning to their records, this second line can be traced 
upward to its source and downward to where it also ends 
in a daughter, whose children's names must be sought 
in a third genealogy. The direct ancestry only is given 
and any name on which rests any shadow of doubt is 
marked with an asterisk. 

Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary," Bond's "His- 
tory of Watertown," Paige's "History of Hardwick" 
and other local histories; the "New England Historical 
and Genealogical Register" and many family records 
have been faithfully studied. Much has been learned 
through personal examination of town records, family 
Bibles and moss-covered headstones and a great deal of 
valuable information has been received from Mr. Sum- 
ner W. Stone, of New York, Mr. George Burnham, of 
North Windham, Conn., and Mr. George E. Porter, of 
Norwich, Conn. 

The second section, the ancestry of Olive Evans, 
follows the same plan, the Evans line coming first and 
the others in alphabetical order. _ 



THE ANCESTRY OF DWIGHT STONE 



THE ANCESTRY OF DWTGHT STONE 



STONE 

1. Symond Stone ""(of Much Bromley, Essex, Eng- 

land) (made will May 12, 1506) married, 

Elizabeth. 

2. David Stone * 

married. 

3. Symond Stone ♦ (of Much Bromley), married 

(made will July 28, 1558) married, 

Agnes. 

4. David Stone, married, Aug. 23, 1585, 

Ursula, (written on the parish register of Much 
Bromley as Ursley.) 

5. Gregory Stone, bom in England, 1592; died Nov. 

30, 1672; married at Nayland, England, July 
20, 1617, 

Margaret Garrad, bap., Dec. 5, 1597; died Aug. 
4, 1626. 

6. Elder John Stone, born in England, 1618; died 

May 5, 1683; married, 1638, 
Ann Howe, bom 1625; died May 20, 1719. 

7 7. Nathaniel Stone, bora May 11, 1660; died Oct. 
17, 1732 ; married, April 25, 1684, 

Sarah Wayt, bom 1672; died 1732. 

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8. Hezekiah Stone, born March 5, 1711; died July 

18, 1771; married, 

Ruth Howe, born Feb. 23, 1714-5; died Aug. 2, 
1809. 

9. Col. Jesse Stone, bom Sept. 28, 1737; died July 

26, 1803; married 

Elizabeth Livermore, born Jan. 7, 1734-5; died 
April 15, 1814. 

10. Capt. John Stone, born May 15, 1763; died Feb. 

20, 1849; married 1785, 
Nancy Rice, born Oct. 29, 1762; died Feb. 6, 1849. 

11. John Stone, born Nov. 26, 1786; died July 28, 

1852; married, Nov. 26, 1807, 

LoRA Parish, born May 3, 1786; died Dec. 13, 
1864. 

12. Dwight Stone, born May 14, 1817; died Jan., 

1901; married, May 25, 1840, 

Olive Evans, born Oct. 29, 1815; died Oct. 28, 

1888. 

13. Julia Evans Stone, born Feb. 5, 1843; married 

June 4, 1863, 
Henry Moore Neil, born Aug. 4, 1832. 

Children of Henry Moore Neil and Julia Evans 

(Stone) Neil. 
William Neil, born Dec. 28, 1864; 
Olive Neil, born Oct. 26, 1866. 
Hannah Neil, born July 10, 1868; married Nov. 

12, 1891, 
Guy Ward Mallon, born April 28, 1864. 



Alice Josephine Neil, born Aug. 21, 1870; mar- 
ried, Dec. 31, 1903, 

Rev. Albert Neilson Slayton, born April 21, 
1875. 

Fay Neil, born March 7, 1872. 

Florence Neil, born Oct. 6, 1873; married, Oct. 
6, 1896, 

Byron Lakin Bargar, born Jan. 12, 1867. 
Julia Stone Neil, born Feb. 28, 1876; married, 

Oct. 17, 1900, 
Alfred Hastings Chapin, born Oct. 19, 1876. 

STONE 

6. Elder John Stone, born in England, 1619; died 

May 5, 1683; married, 
Ann Howe, born 1625; died May 20, 1719. 

7. David Stone, born Oct. 31, 1646; died 1737; mar- 

ried, 
Susanna. 

8. Samuel Stone, born May 23, 1685 ; married, 
Bathsheba. 

9. Abigail Stone, born April 13, 1712; married, June 

22, 1731, 
John Livermore, born April 2, 1709. 

STONE 

6. Elder John Stone, born in England, 1619; died 
May 5, 1683; married, 1638, 
Ann Howe, born 1625; died May 20, 1719. 

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7. Deacon Daniel Stone, born Aug. 31, 1644; died 

about 1719; married, Nov. 23, 1667, 
Mary (Moore) Ward, died July 10, 1703. 

8. Elizabeth Stone, born Nov. 9, 1678; married, 
Joseph Livermore, born Jan. 27, 1674-5. 

A small pamphlet, called "The Stone Souvenir," by 
Mrs. John Livingston Stone of Marlborough, Mass., 
gives short accounts of Gregory (often spelled Grig- 
or)'e), John, Nathaniel, Hezekiah and Daniel Stone. 

Copy of a description of some property owned by 
Gregory Stone: 

"Impr on the comon one dwelling house with out- 
houses and fyve acr of land more or lesse, Thomas Par- 
risth south east. An Crosby northwest, Susan Bloget 
southwest, the comon northwest." 

"Item beyond the fresh pond forty acrvpland and 
meadows more or lesse Nathaniel Sparrowhawk south- 
east, and northwest, Watertown line southwest, comon 
swampe northeast (sold this to Nathaniel Sparrowhawk 
later) owned also on the south side of Charles River." 

Gregory Stone was baptized at Great Bromley, 
Essex, England, April 19, 1592. After he came to 
America he settled in Cambridge, where he purchased a 
house and five acres on the westerly side of Garden 
street between the Botanic Garden and Concord avenue, 
which became his home. Both he and Elder John Stone 
are buried in the graveyard of the First Church. 

Elder John Stone, third child, was deacon of the 
church in Sudbury and employed by the town in civil 
affairs ; returned to Cambridge on the death of his father 

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and occupied the homestead; representative in 1682 and 
1683. He died in Cambridge and his stone in the grave- 
yard adj. the First Church, Unitarian, is inscribed as 
follows : 

"Memento tu esse Mortalum 
Here lyeth ye body of Elder John Stone 

Aged 64 years 
Who departed this life ye 5th day of May, 

1683." 

He was baptized at Nay land, England, July 31, 
1^>18; came to America; was an original proprietor of 
Sudbury and built in several places there, first within the 
limits of Sudbur}', or Wayland, then at Otter Neck now 
in Framingham, and in 1658, in what is now Saxon- 
ville on land purchased from the Indians and confirmed 
b)* a grant of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1656. 

Nathaniel Stone (ninth child) had eight children. 
He was selectman four years and was admitted to the 
church, May 16, 1735. His will is dated June 23, 1732, 
and was entered Nov. 2, of the same year. His propor- 
tion of a tax to furnish ammunition, June 27, 1710, was 
the .second largest in Framingham. 

He.i:ekiah Stone was a deacon in the church at Marl- 
boro, N. H. He received from his father the homestead, 
"Bridgefield"' and his interest in "Baiting Brook 
Meadow" and purchased land and buildings in Oxford, 
now Auburn, Nov. 25, 1761, where he removed, remain- 
ing there until his death in 1771. He was a selectman 
in Oxford during 1764, '66, '67, '69 and '70, and was 
a captain in the Revolution. All of his children were 
born in Framingham. 

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Colonel Jesse Stone settled in Framingham; went 
to Oxford before 1763, where he lived on Prospect 
Hill, now in Auburn; was a captain in the Revolutionary 
War; marched on "Bennington Alarm," 1777; was out 
from July 19 to August 29. There were no Oxford 
men in the ranks. — (History of Oxford, Daniels.) The 
Oxford I'ecords give Jesse Stone, fifth son of Hezekiah, 
as colonel in the Revolution. 

"Captain John Stone, born May 15, 1763, at Ox 
ford, Mass., soldier of the Revolution: 

Date of enlistment, September, 1779; length of 
6 weeks ; rank, private ; captain ; colonel, Decker ; State, 
Connecticut. 

Date of enlistment. May, 1779; length of service, 
service, 2 weeks; rank, private; captain, Harvey; colonel, 
Jackson; State, Connecticut. 

Date of enlistment, July, 1780; length of service, 
3 months; rank, private; captain, L. Parker; colonel, 
Rand ; State, Connecticut. 

Resided at enlistment at Ward, Mass. ; applied for 
pension, August 20, 1832; resided, August 20, 1832, at 
Worthington, Mass." 

The above is copied from a paper given by John 
Stone, of Columbus, Ohio, grandson of above John Stone. 
Captain Stone probably moved to Worthington after 
1802. 

John Stone (11) lived at Worthington, Mass., al- 
most all his life and all of his children were born there. 
He was a captain of militia. 

Dwight Stone went to Columbus, Ohio, in 1839, 
and was employed as a clerk in his Uncle Jesse and 
Sumner's establishment. He subsequently became inter- 

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ested in the firm and in 1859, established a business for 
himself. During the Civil War, his business reputation 
and credit was such that Governor Dennison turned to 
him for financial aid and advice which he willingly gave 
for the benefit of the state and country. In 1866, he 
removed to New York and became the head of the im- 
portant cotton brokers' firm of Stone, Parmelee and 
Company. He retired from business in 1876 and removed 
to Worthington, where he died. He owned a large cot- 
ton plantation in Louisiana which is now carried on by 
his son, Dwight. 

From "The Oxford Descendants of Gregory Stone." 



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AVER 

1. John Ayer, born about 1592; died March 31, 1657; 

married, 
Hannah ; died 1675. 

2. Thomas Ayer, died Nov. 9, 1686; married, April 

1, 1656, 

Elizabeth Hutchins, died 1710. 

3. John Ayer, born May 12, 1657; died 1743; mar- 

ried, Sept. 13, 1683, 
Hannah Travis. 

4. Hannah Ayer, born Aug. 10, 1686; married, July 

31, 1729, 
Sylvanus Herrington. 

The original orthography of this surname isl in 
doubt. In the old records it appears in many forms, 
among which are Ayer, Ayers, Ayerst, Ayres. Eire, and 
Eyre. 

The arms from Crozier, page 12, are : Gules, three 
covered cups argent. Crest, A covered cup argent. 

John Ayer (1) of perhaps Wiltshire, or of Nor- 
wich, County Norfolk, England, born about the year 
1592, married in that kingdom, Hannah, whose maiden 
name has not been recovered, by whom he became the 
father of six sons and three daughters. He migrated to 
New England in 1637. voyaging in the ship "Mary 
Ann," commanded by Captain Coos, and located in New- 

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bury, Essex County, Mass., which place had been incor- 
porated May 6, 1635. His wife and children soon joined 
him when the family removed to Salisbury in the same 
county, on its incorporation, October 7, 1740, going 
thence to Haverhill, Essex County, in 16-15, which place 
became a town the same year. Having devised his home- 
stead in the last named place to his son, John, he died in 
Haverhill, March 31, 1657, aged 65 years. His widow 
survived until 1675. 

Thomas Ayer, of Haverhill, born in England, 
bought a house and lot in the former place, in 1648. He 
married, April 1, 1656, Elizabeth Hutchins, a daughter 
of John and Frances Hutchins of Newbury and Haver- 
hill. Thomas Ayer died November 9, 1686, and was 
survived by his widow until 1710. 

John Ayer, (3) of Haverhill, born in Newbury, 
Mass., May 12, 1657, married in Boston, September 13, 
1683, Hannah, a daughter of Daniel and Esther Travis 
of the last named place by whom he had nine children 
The family removed to Stonington, Conn., in 1695, 
where its head joined the First Congregational Church, 
March 31, 1700. 

September 8, 1714, John Ayer, of Groton, alias 
Stonington, Conn., and Hannah, his wife, "only surviv- 
ing daughter of Daniel Travis of Boston," signed a deed 
from which it appears that Mr. Travis had three daugh- 
ters, Susan, who died s. p., and Esther, who married 
John Barnard. 

John Ayer removed to Saybrook, Conn., where he 
acquired lands. He and his eldest son, John, built a 
house at Ayer's Point there, and, the older man being a 
malster, a malt house was erected in the vicinity, some 

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of the foundations of which still remain. Although an 
accident had deprived him of an arm, he was still active 
and energetic. In 1740, a new house replaced the pre- 
vious one and in this, the old gentleman passed his last 
days, dying in 1743. 

Hannah Ayer (4) born August 10, 1686, married 
in the Second Presbyterian Church of Preston, Conn., as 
his second wife, July 31, 1729, Sylvanus Herrington of 
Norwich. 



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BACKUS 

1. William Backus, of Saybrook, born 1638; died 

1664; married, 
Sarah Charles. 

2. Lieut. William Backus, married May 11, 1660, 
Elizabeth Pratt, born Feb. 1, 1641; died 1730. 

3. Elizabeth Backus, died Dec. 29, 1728 ; married, 

Feb. 10, 1686-7, 
Capt. Thomas Huntington, born March 18, 1664; 
died Nov. 7, 1732. 

BACKUS 

William Backus, the pioneer, came from Norwich, 
England, and was living in Saybrook in 1637. His first 
wife, Sarah Charles (daughter of the Rev. John Charles 
or Chodes) was the mother of all his children. He 
married second, Mrs. Ann Bingham and brought with 
him to America, three daughters, two sons and a step- 
son, John Bingham. Since the sons were of mature 
age, he made over to them his settlements and his name 
does not appear on the records as proprietor. 

The name was originally spelled Bockius. 



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BALCOM 

1. Henry Balcom, married, Aug. 12, 1668, 
Elizabeth Haynes, born July 19, 1644. 

2. Elizabeth Balcom, born Aug. 16, 1667; married, 

Gershom Rice, born May 9, 1667; died Dec. 29, 

1768. 

BALCOM 

Henry Balcom lived in Charlestown in 1674. 

Elizabeth Balcom and Gershom Rice had sixty-five 
years of married life. He was 101 years old when he 
died and she, 80 years old. 



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BENT 

1. John Bent, died 1588; married, 
Edith, died 1601. 

2. Robert Bent, born Sept., 1566; died 1631; mar- 

ried, Oct. 13, 1589, 
Agnes Gosling, died 1639. 

3. John Bent, died Sept. 27, 1672; married, 
Martha, died May 15, 1679. 

4. Martha Bent, born about 1643; died Aug. 29, 

1680; married, June 5, 1663, 
Samuel How, bom Oct. 20, 1642. 

BENT 

John Bent (1) died in Penton Grafton, England. 

Robert Bent (2) was born and died in Penton 
Grafton. His widow, Agnes, embarked in the "Johna- 
than" for New England with her daughter, Agnes and 
her daughter's husband in 1639. When near the banks 
of Newfoundland she fell ill and died about the time the 
ship came to anchor in Boston Harbor, where her son- 
in-law "procured to carry her to shore to be buried." 

John Bent (3) came from Penton in England in 
1638 with his wife and five children all under 12 years. 
He received a "division of meadow" in Sudbury, Mass., 
in 1639; was selectman and also one of Major Simon 
Williard's troopers at Dedham. 



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BOWEN 

1. Owen Bowen, married, 
Ellen Lloyd. 

2. Griffith Bowen, married, 1633, 
Margaret Fleming. 

3. Henry Bowen, born 1633; died March 13, 1723-4; 

married, Dec. 20, 1658, 
Elizabeth Johnson, died April 20, 1701. 

4. Elizabeth Bowen, bap. Jan. 27, 1661; married, 
Edward Morris, born March, 1658-9. 

BOWEN 

Another authority gives the following as the ances- 
try of Griffith Bowen : 

bowen of blade 

1. Griffith Bowen (son of Owen), married. 

An, daughter of Berry in Berrymembert in Devon. 

2. Philip Bowen, of Slade, married, 

Elspet, daughter and heir of Hopkin John Vychan 
of Kilsey. 

3. Francis Bowen, married, 

4. Griffith Bowen, married, 
Margaret Fleming. 

This pedigree was sent to the author of the "Bowen 
Memorial" by the Rev. J. D. Davies, M. A., Laumadoc, 
Glamorgan, Wales. 

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Griffith Bowen, who came to America in 1638, and 
his wife, Margaret, were probably the parents of Henry 
Bowen. They came from Llangenydd, Glamorgansh. 
He was admitted freeman of Roxbury in May, 1639. 
Later researches have verified the fact that he was the 
son of Griffith Bowen and Margaret Fleming, daughter 
of Henry Fleming. 

Henry Bowen (3) emigrated with his father, com- 
ing from Wales to Boston in 1638. He moved with the 
first planters from Roxbury to Woodstock in 1686. His 
tombstone record in Woodstock, Conn., is as follows: 

"Here lies buried 
The body of Lieutenant 

Henry Bowen 

Who deceast March ye 13 

1723 in the 90th year 

of his age." 



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CAPEN 

1. Bernard Capen, born 1562; died ^ov. 8, 1638; 

married, Whitmonday, 1596, 
JoANE PuRCHis, born March 25, 1578; died March 
26, 1653. 

2. Susanna Capen, born April 11, 1602; died Nov. 

13, 1666; married, 
William Rockwell, died May 15, 1640. 

CAPEN 

The early records of the Capen family were found 
on a fly leaf of a copy of the Old Testament, published 
in London in 1615. 

Barnard Capen and his wife, are buried in the 
church yard in Dorchester, Mass. Their epitaph is as 
follows : 

Here 

lies the Bodies of 

Mr. Barnard Capen 

& Mrs. Joane Capen his 

wife; He died Nov. 8 

1638 Aged 76 years 

& She died March 

26, 1653 

Aged 75 years. 



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CHESLEY. 

1. Philip Chesley, married, 
Elizabeth. 

2. Thomas Chesley, born about 1644; died Nov. 15, 

1667; married, Aug. 23, 1663, 
Elizabeth Thines (or Thomas). 

3. Susanna Chesley, born' about 1668 ; died Sept. 28, 

1746; married, 
John Smith, born July 13, 1672; died May 8, 1739. 

CHESLEY 

Philip Chesley (1) of Dover in 1642, and who was 
still living in 1685, married first, Elizabeth (maiden 
name not given), who became the mother of his son, 
Thomas. She died and some time after 1661, the wid- 
ower married Sarah (name not given) ; after whose 
death, her husband took a third wife, Joanna, who sur- 
vived him. 

Thomas Chesley (2) born about 1644, married, 
August 22, 1663, Elizabeth Thines (or Thomas) and was 
killed by the Indians, November 15, 1667, when only 
twenty-three years of age. 

Susanna Chesley (3) born after the tragic death of 
her father, married John Smith before 1695 and went 
with him from Watertown to Preston, Conn., and later 
to Stonington where she died, September 28, 1746, after 
seven years of widowhood. 

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CHOATE 

1. Robert Choate, married, 
Sarah. 

2. John Choate, bap. June 6, 1624; died Dec. 4, 

1695 ; married, 
Anne, born 1637; died Feb. 16, 1727. 

3. John Choate, born June 15, 1661; died July 17, 

1733; married, 
Elizabeth ( ) Giddings. 

4. Anne Choate, born May 22, 1691; died Aug. 1, 

1730 ; married, Nov. 29, 1706, 

George Martin, Jr., died Aug. 1, 1755. 

CHOATE 

The early origin of the Choates is lost in obscurity. 
Possibly they emigrated from France to Holland. Later, 
the Van Choates went from Holland to England and 
settled in Essex and Suffolk. They then dropped the 
Van. 

John Choate (1) was baptized in Groton Boxford, 
Colchester, Essex, England, June 6, 1624. He emi- 
grated to America and was one of the first settlers of 
Ipswich, Mass. He gradually acquired nearly the whole 
of Hog Island, purchasing the site of the present Choate 
House in 1678; was made a freeman, 1667, and sergeant 
of militia. He was a member of the Congregational 

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Church, but was thus described: "A hard case and no- 
body but a clergyman could deal with him — charged with 
stealing apples and triumphantly acquitted ; charged with 
lying, which was disproved; his wit and brains were 
largely exercised in getting himself out of his law scrapes 
and he seems to have stamped his personality on his 
descendants to such a degree that large numbers of them 
lipve taken to the law as naturally as ducks to water." 
John Choate (3) and John Wainwright were 
granted a township for service of Ipswich men in Can- 
ada expedition of 1690, dated January 15, 173G. It was 
subsequently comprised in New Hampshire and called 
New Ipswich. He married first, Elizabeth Graves; sec- 
ond, Mrs. Elizabeth ( ) Giddings; third, Mrs. Sarah 

Perkins, and fourth, Mrs. Prudence Marshall. 



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CLARK 

1, John Clark, married, 

2. Elizabeth Clark, married, 1636, 
Lieut. William Pratt. 

CLARK 

John Clark of Saybrook in 1640 may have been of 
Wethersfield, afterwards of Milford; representative for 
Saybrook, 1650-1664. He is named in the royal chart 
of 1662. 



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DEATH 

1. John Death, married, 
Mary Peabody, born 1656. 

2. Hepsebah Death, born June 5, 1680; married, 

Dec. 25, .,^_ 

David How, born Nov. 2, 1674. 

DEATH 

John Death, of Sudbury in 1672, bought of Benja- 
min Rice, 40 acres of land on the old Connecticut road 
near Beaver Dam. He was received to Sherb'l, January 
1, 1677-8, and was rated in Fra'ham, 1710 and on town 
committees in 1700 and after. 



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FOSTER 

1. Renold Foster, born about 1595; married, 
Judith, died Oct., 1644. 

2. Mary Foster, died April 9, 1705 ; married May 18, 

1642, 
Francis Peabody, born about 1614; died Feb. 19, 
1697-8. 

FOSTER 

The family of Foster or Forster is honorably men- 
tioned in "The Lay of the Last Minstrel." 

Renold (sometimes written Reginald) Foster as is 
generally accredited, was born in Exeter, County of 
Devon, England ; the descendant of an ancient and re- 
spectable family; came to America in one of the vessels 
embargoed by King Charles I, accompanied by his wife, 
Judith, five sons and two daughters, and settled in Ips- 
wich about 1636. He was a large land owner on Plum 
and Hog Islands and it is supposed that what remains 
of the old Foster House was the site of his residence. He 
was twice married, first to Judith, who died at Ipswich 
in October, 1664, and second, to Sarah Martin. His 
will, made April 30, 1680, codicil attached, March 5, 
1680-1; and proved June 9, 1681, mentions his "daugh- 
ter, Mary, wife of Francis Peabody." He left property 
valued at 744 pounds, 16 shillings, including some real 
estate. 

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Foster's Genealogy gives the English ancestry of 
Renold Foster, back through Alfred the Great and Char- 
lemagne. 

RENOLD FOSTER'S ANCESTRY. 

Penold Foster, who left his home in Devon, Eng- 
land, in J 638, to become one of the pioneer settlers of 
Ipswich, Mass., lived quietly enough in the little New 
England village, but when he and his children gathered 
of an evening around the great fire-place in the living 
room, he could tell them tales without end of the valor 
and beauty and glory of the men and women of their 
line. For the family of Foster, or Forster, can show its 
descent in unbroken records from Pepin le Vieux, Mayor 
of the Palace for Sigebert II, King of Austrasia in 638. 
The record follows : 

1. Pepin le Vieux, (of Landen), Mayor of the 

Palace in 638. 

2. Begga, a daughter of Pepin, married, 
AusEGis, son of St. Arnulf. 

3. Pepin d' Heristal, Mayor of Austrasia, who broke 

the power of a rival Neustrian family in a de- 
cisive battle near Testri in 687 and united Aus- 
trasia, Neustria and Burgundy under one head. 
He died in 714. 

4. Charles Martel, son of Pepin d' Heristal and 

Alpaide, won the same ascendancy that his 
father had achieved in three sanguinary battles, 
Amblene, 716; Vinci, near Cambrai, 717; and 
Soissons, 718. His greatest exploit was the re- 

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pulse of the Arabs and Moors at Tours in 733. 
He died in 741. 

5. Pepin le Bref, who contented himself as his father, 

grandfather and great-great-grandfather had 
done before him, with the title of Mayor of the 
Palace until 752 when, with the approval of 
the Pope and by the act of a great assembly of 
leudes and bishops, he was lifted on the shield 
and crowned and anointed King of the Franks. 
He reigned until his death in 768. 

6. Charlemagne, was born in 743 and in 768, suc- 

ceeded his father as King of the Franks. After 
many victories at home and abroad he was 
crowned Emperor of the West by Pope Leo 
the Third at Rome on Christmas Day in the 
year 800. He died full of years and honors 
in 814. 

7. Louis the Pious, or the Debonaire, son of Charle- 

magne and Hildagarde, married for his second 
wife, Judith, daughter of Welf the Bavarian, 
"an ambitious and dangerous lady." Louis died 
in 843. 

8. Charles the Bald, born 823 ; died 877. 

9. Judith, daughter of the above, married, 
Baldwin I of Flanders, who was called "The Iron 

Arm" because of his great strength. He was 
king of Neustria (the greater part of modern 
France) and built castles at Bruges and Ghent. 

10. Baldwin H of Flanders, died 919; married, 

Alfrith (or Elfrida) daughter of Alfred the 
Great of England. 

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11. Arnulf the elder of Flanders, died 989 ; married, 
Adela (or Alice) daughter of Herbert II, Count 

of Vermandois. 

12. Baldwin III of Flanders, died 961 ; was given the 

government of Flanders by his father who, 
after the younger man's death, resumed con- 
trol. Baldwin married, 
Matilda, daughter of Herman Billung, Duke of 
Saxony. 

13. Arnulf the younger, married, 

Rosalie (or Susanna), daughter of Berenger II, 
King of Italy. 

14. Baldwin IV, called "he of the handsome beard," 

was a great Vvarrior and defended Flanders 
against the united forces of the emperor, Henry 
II, King Robert of France and the Duke of 
Burgundy. He married. 
Ogive, daughter of Frederick, Count of the Moselle. 

15. Baldwin V, le DeBonnaire, died 1067; married, 
Adela, daughter of Robert II of France, who was 

a son of Hugh Capet, grandson of Hugh the 
Great, great-grandson of Robert I, and great- 
great-grandson of Robert the Strong. 

16. Sir Richard the Forester, who (with his father) 

came to England in 1066 with his brother-in- 
law, William the Conqueror. 

17. Sir Hugo Foresterious or Forster, died 1131; 

marched against Magdus, King of Norway, 
when the latter invaded England in 1101. 

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18. Sir Reginald Forster, died 1156; was knighted by 

King Stephen for his valiant conduct at the 
Battle of the Standard, August 22, 1138. 

19. Sir William Forster took part in suppressing the 

formidable insurrection in Wales in 1163 and 
1165, after which he went to France. The peo- 
ple of Brittany rebelled against their duke, 
Conan, but the rebellion was quelled by Henry 
II of England. Sir William was about return- 
ing to England, but Henry II, being involved 
in hostilities with Louis VII of France, he re- 
mained and took part in all the engagements 
till peace was concluded at Montmirail, Janu- 
ary 6, 1169. 

20. Sir John Forster accompanied Richard I to Pales- 

tine, where he received the honor of knighthood 
for his valor. He was one of the barons who 
compelled King John to sign Magna Charta 
in 1215. 

21. Sir Randolph Forster accompanied Prince Rich- 

ard, brother of Henry III to France in 1225 
for the purpose of regaining the French prov- 
inces. After a year's fighting, an armistice was 
declared, but the French king dying, very little 
was accomplished. 

22. Sir Alfred Forster, died 1284; assisted Prince 

Edward, after his escape from the rebel barons, 
in raising an army for the purpose of releasing 
Henry III and Prince Richard from their con- 
finement; was appointed one of the king's of- 

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ficers; took part in the battle of Evesham, 
August 4, 1265, and received the honor of 
knighthood on the battlefield. 

23. Sir Reginald Forster, died 1328; fought at Ban- 

nockburn in 1314. His descendants were great 
chieftains and closely allied to royalty, in Scot- 
land, Ireland, Wales and England. There is 
a monument to Sir John Forster, 1190 in Bam- 
borough Abbey, bearing his effigy in full armor. 

24. Sir Richard Forster, died 1371 ; fought at Crecy 

August 25, 1346, and at Poitiers, September 
19, 1356 and was knighted for his valor. 

25. Sir John Forster took an active part against the 

French under Henry V, by whom he was 
knighted. 

26. Sir Thomas Forster of Etherston Castle, Knight, 

was born in 1397, and married, 
Joan Elverden, co-heiress to the earldom of 
Angus, no^v in abeyance. 

27. Sir Thomas Forster, knight, married a daughter 

of Fetherstanbaugh of Stanhope Hall, Dur- 
ham. (This family was of Saxon origin. 
Their house was upon a hill where there were 
two f etherstones. ) 

28. Sir Thomas Forster, knight, of Etherston Castle, 

married a daughter of Lord Baron Hilton of 
Hilton Castle. 

29. Sir Thomas Forster, married in 1572, 
Dorothy, daughter of Ralph, Lord Ogle of Ogle 

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and Baron of Bothall of Bothall Castle, by 
Mary, his wife, daughter of William Gast- 
iorgne. The Ogle family is of great antiquity 
in Northumberland. Sir Robert was the eighth 
in descent from Humphrey Ogle, who settled at 
Ogle at the Conquest. His wife was the daugh- 
ter of Lord Bothall. William Gastiorgne was 
of Lowthorp and a knight of Yorkshire. 

30. Sir Thomas Forster, knight, of Etherston, mar- 

ried, 
Feorina, daughter of Thomas, Lord Wharton of 
Wharton. He was of Adderstone and will was 
dated, April 4, 1589. 

31. Cuthbert Forster, will dated 1589; married, 
Elizabeth Bradford. 

33. Thomas Forster, Esquire, of Bremton ; married, 
Margaret Forster, daughter of Richard Forster, 

Esquire, of Zungwell Hall ; married second, 
Elizabeth Carr, daughter of William Carr, 

Esquire. 

33. Reginald Forster, born in Bremton, England, 

came to America in 1638. He married, 
Judith, died October, 1664. 

34. Mary Foster, married, 

Francis Peabody. 

FOSTER 

1. Elmund, King of Kent, great-grandson of Ingild, 
the West Saxon, and descendant of Cerdic, who 
founded the kingdom of Essex. 

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2. Egbert, the daring and ambitious West Saxon, who 
triumphed over all his competitors and became 
King of England. He was a friend of Charle- 



magne. 



3. Aethelwulf, in whose reign the Danes made many 

attempts to invade England. He married, 
OsBURGHA^ daughter of Oslac, the king's cup- 
bearer, and through her mother, a descendant 
of Caedwalla, who took the Isle of Wight from 
Cerdic. Osburgha is said to have been "noble 
alike in family and by her own disposition." 

4. Alfred, the Great, born 849 ; died 901 ; who drove 

the Danes from England; advanced learning, 
founding schools and founding or re-establish- 
ing Oxford; restored order; rebuilt London 
and other cities; constructed a fleet, the begin- 
ning of the English Navy, and extended the 
power of the Christian Church. He married, 
Elswitha, daughter of Ethelred Mucel, the Great, 
Earl of the Gaini, and Edburgha, a princess of 
the royal house of Mercia. 

5. Elfrida (or Alfrith), died 929; married, 
Baldwin H of Flanders. 

ANCESTRY OF RENOLD FOSTER 

1. GuNTHiCAR, king of Burgundy, married, 

2. GuNDiCAR, king of Burgundy, died 451 ; married, 

3. GuNDERic, king of Burgundy, killed 477; married, 

4. St. Clotilde, died 540; married, 
Clovis, king of the Franks. 

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ANCESTRY OF RENOLD FOSTER 

1. Meroveaus, married, 

2. Childeric I, married, 
Basin A. 

3. Clovis, bom 466; died 511; who in 486 broke the 

only Roman power then left in Gaul, the legions 
of Syagnius of Soissons, sweeping them away 
"like autumn leaves before the wind." After a 
great victory over the Allemans in 496, he with 
all his warriors, received baptism. He mar- 
ried, 

St. Clotilda, niece of the Burgundian king. 

4. Clothair I, married, 

5. Blithilda, married, 
Ansbert, 

ANCESTRY OF RENOLD FOSTER 

1. Ansbert^ married, 
Blithilda, daughter of Clothair I. 

2. Arnoald, married, 
Oda. 

3. St. Arnulf, born 582; died Aug. 16, 640; 

married, 

DoDA, a Snabian lady. 

4. AusEGis, married, 
Begga, daughter of Pepin. 

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St. Arnulf (3) a noble Frank, was advanced at the 
court of Theodebert, by Gundulf, Mayor of the Palace, 
when only sixteen years of age. S. Baring-Gould says 
"He served the king in war and peace and became accom- 
plished in every art then cultivated. He could read, but 
he could also fight, write but also hunt." He remained 
at court after the accession of Clothair H, but "it may 
easily be imagined that Arnulf, a man loving God, seek- 
ing righteousness, should feel ill at ease in attendance 
on the throne of a prince like Clothair. He would have 
retired to the monastery at Lerina, but was not suffered 

to do so by the king." He was made Bishop of Metz 
about 599. After an episcopate of twenty-three years 

he was again called to court as principal adviser of King 

Dagobert, from whom he, however, finally won consent 

to retire to a cell in the Vosges Mts., where he died 
August 16, 640. 



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FRENCH 

1. Lieut. William French, born 1603; married, 
Elizabeth Symmes, died March 31, 1668. 

2. Sarah French, born March, 1638; died Oct. 14, 

1694; married Aug. 15, 1660, 
Jonathan Peake, born Dec. 17, 1637. 

FRENCH 

Lieut. Wihiam French was bom in Halstead, 
Essex, England, March 15, 1603; came to America with 
the Rev. Thomas Shepherd in the ship, "Defence" in 
1635 and settled in Cambridge; was one of the original 
proprietors and settlers of Billerica; lieutenant and after- 
ward, captain of militia; selectman, 1660-68; and repre- 
sentative in 1660. He married second, Mary Lothrop 
Stearns and he and this second wife were ancestors of 
Olive Evans. 



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GRANT 

1. Christopher Grant, married, 
Sarah. 

2. Mary Grant, married, Feb. 22, 1668, 

Daniel Smith, born Sept. 27, 1642; died June 7, 
1681. 

GRANT 

In Bond's "History of Watertown" we find the fol- 
lowing: "January 19, 1691-2, Caleb, Christopher and 
Joseph Grant and their sisters, Sarah Sevorns and Mary 
Smith, state to the court that their father died about six 
years since intestate, that their mother is now deceased 
and they pray for a division of the estate." Christopher 
Grant therefore died about 1685-6 and his wife before 
January 19, 1691-2. 



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HAYNES 

1. married, 
Alice. 

2. Walter Haynes, born in England, about 1583; 

died Feb. 14, 1664-5; married, 

Elizabeth, died June 15, 1659. 

3. John Haynes, born in England, about 1622; mar- 

ried, 

Dorothy Noyes, died April 8, 1715. 

4. Elizabeth Haynes, born July 19, 1644; married, 

Aug. 12, 1666, 

Henry Balcom. 



HAYNES 

3. John Haynes, born in England, about 1622; mar- 

ried, 

Dorothy Noyes, died April 8, 1715. 

4. Peter Haynes, born April 7, 1654; married, Jan. 

2, 1677, 

Elizabeth Rice, born Oct. 26, 1656. 

5. Hester (or Esther) Haynes, born Jan. 28, 1697; 

died Aug. 16, 1770; married, 

Lieut. Gershom Rice, born about 1696; died Sept. 
24, 1781. 

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HAYNES 

The family of Haynes is said to go back through 
Einem, Prince of Powys, Wales, distinguished in wars 
against Henry I, 1100-1135, to Gwyn, a descendant of 
Brockwel Yschithrog, who reigned over Powysland in 
607. 

John Haynes and Alice Lambert were married, 
October 23, 1575, at Sherburne, Dorset, not three-quar- 
ters of a mile from the English home of Walter Haynes, 
and may very possibly have been his father and mother. 

Walter Haynes (3), one of the first proprietors of 
Sudbury, was born in Sutton Mandeville, Wilts, in 1583. 
He also owned a house and out-buildings in the village 
of Shaston on the Island of Purbeck, Dorsetshire. In 
1638, he came to America in the ship "Confidence" with 
his wife, Elizabeth, five children (John was one) and 
three servants. Before his emigration he was a linen 
draper in Sutton Mandeville. 

The Order of Court establishing the town of Sud- 
bury says: 

"The order of this court upon the petition of the 
inhabitants is that PETER NOYES, Bryan Pendleton, 
J. Parm (enter), WALTER HAYNES and EDMUND 
RICE have commission to lay out lands," etc., etc. 

"History of Watertown." 

The three names capitalized are our ancestors. 

Alice Haynes (Walter's mother) left an interesting 
will. "It — my son, Walter, shall have use of my biggest 
brass pann during his life who pann I give to Thomas 
Haynes his son." 

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"The Old Petition," quoted in "The History of 
Sudbury," says: 

"The Enemy well knowing Our grounds, passes, 
avenues and situations had near surrounded Our town 
in ye morning early (wee not knowing of it) till dis- 
covered by firing severall deserted houses; the Enemy 
with great force and fury assaulted Deacon Haines house, 
well fortified yet badly situated as advantageous to ye 
Enemy's approach and dangerous to ye Repellant yet 
(by ye help of God) ye Garrison not onely defended ye 
place fro betweene five and six of ye clock in ye morning 
till about One in ye afternoon, but forced ye Enemy with 
considerable slaughter to draw off. Many observables 
worthy of record happened in this assault, vizt. : that noe 
man or woman seemed to be possessed with feare. Our 
Garrison men kept not within their Garrisons, but issued 
forth to fight ye Enemy in their skulking approaches. 
We had but two of Our townsmen slain & yt by indis- 
cretion, none wounded." 

The grave of Captain Wadsworth is not far from 
the Haynes Garrison house. In the attack on the town 
of Sudbury, April 21, 1676, the great chieftain, Philip, 
directed his warriors in person. 

John Haynes (3) resided in Sudbury. 



HERRINGTON 

1. Isaac Herrington, died 1727; married, 
Sarah. 

2. Sylvanus Herrington, married, July 31, 1729, 
Hannah Ayer, born Aug. 10, 1686. 

3. Hannah Herrington, died Feb. 9, 1777; married, 

Oct. 18, 1750, 
John Parish, born IMarch 10, 1726-7; died Feb. 
11, 1817. 



HERRINGTON 

Isaac Herrington appeared in Norwich, Conn., as 
early as the year, 1703, as is instanced by the deed of 
land to him of which the following is an abstract : 

January 26, 1702-3, John Hurd, of Stratford, colony 
of Connecticut, yoeman, in consideration of 11 Lds. paid 
"by Isaac Herrington, now dwelling in Norwich in the 
county of New london in the Colony aforesaid, hus^ 
bandman," deeded unto him sixty acres of land in Nor- 
wich, "on the east side of the river Quenebauge at a place 
known by the name of Pabaquanesque." (Norwich 
Lands, 167.) 

Isaac Herrington died in 1727; left wife, Sarah, 
and four children, Isaac, Sylvanus, James and Patience. 
(History of Norwich, 231.) 

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Sarah Herrington, Isaac's widow, was living in 
Norwich in 1733, as is evidenced by the following: 

March 17, 1733, there was recorded to her 'The ten 
acres of Land given to me ye Subscriber by my Deceased 
Husband, Isaac Herrington of said Norwich, Dec'd." 

her 
Sarah X Herrington. 
Entered Nov. 11, 1734. mark 

(Norwich Book of Grants, 548-4.) 

Sylvanus Herrington of Norwich, married for his 
first wife, in the Congregational Church in Newent, in 
Norwich, (the town of Lisbon since May, 1786), June 
26, 1727, Elizabeth Lambert, who evidently died soon. 
He married for his second wife, in the Second Congre- 
gational Church in Preston (since October, 1815, the 
town of Griswold) July 31, 1729, Hannah Ayer, the 
records of these churches furnishing the evidence. She 
was the daughter of John and Hannah (Travis) Ayer. 

Sylvanus Herrington, by his wife, Hannah Ayer, 
had at least one daughter, Hannah, as is proved by the 
following : 

April 9, 1751, Sylvanus Herrington of Norwich, 
"husbandman, for a valuable Consideration" paid "by 
my Son-in-law John Parish of Preston," deeded "unto ye 
sd. John Parish and to his wife, Hannah," "Between 
thirty and forty acres of Land Situate in Norwich 
afores'd." (Norwich Lands, 10, 415.) 

Hannah Herrington married in the Third Congre- 
gational Church of Windham (Scotland parish), Octo- 
ber, 1750, John Parish of Preston. 

(Records of that church.) 

Day of month is omitted. 

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John Parish of Preston and Hannah Harrington of 
Windham were married, October 18, 1750. (Preston 
Vital Records, 2, 40.) 

The children of John and Hannah (Herrington) 
Parish were: 

1. Cyprian Parish, born September 8, 1751. 

2. Phebee Parish, born June 17, 1753. 

(Preston Vital Records, 2, 40.) 



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HILLS 

1. Joseph Hills, born 1602; died Feb. 7, 1687; mar- 

ried, July 22, 1624, at Burstead Magna, 

Rose Cleerke, died March 24, 1650. 

2. Mary Hills, married, 
Captain John Wayte. 

HILLS 

Recent researches point to the ancestry of Joseph 
Hills as of considerable importance and antiquity. He 
came from Maldon, Essex, England, to Maiden, New 
England in 1638, and was closely identified with the 
early history of the latter town, where he filled many 
positions of trust. 

"Joseph Hills and Capt. Wayte divided with 
Brackenbury and Sergent the education and honors of 
the community. His home was at the corner of Salem 
and Main streets, where his well-known well yielded cool- 
ing draughts to man and beast till the year 1894." 

"History of Maiden." 

"Mr. Hills did say at his daughter, Harris, her wed- 
ding, in the hearing of Mr. Sims, line lieutenant Wayte 
and others that his wife must be his master and that 
since that speech of Mr. Hills and by means thereof, he 
(the speaker) never had a quiet day with his wife." 

"History of Maiden." 

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HOWE 

1. John Howe, married, 
Mary. 

2. Samuel How, born Oct. 20, 1642; married, June 

5, 1663, 
Martha Bent, died Aug. 29, 1680. 

3. David How, born Nov. 2, 1674; married, Dec. 25, 

1700, 
Hepsebah Death, born June 5, 1680, 

4^. Ruth How, born 1715 ; married, 
Hezekiah Stone, born 1711. 

HOWE 

According to tradition handed down in the family, 
John How (1), whose will was proved in 1689, was a 
son of John How of Warwickshire, England, who was 
a son of John How of Hodinhall and connected with the 
family of Lord Charles How of Lancaster in the reign 
of Charles L 

John How (1) of Sudbury and Marlborough, took 
the freeman's oath, May 13, 1640; was an early landed 
proprietor, selectman and marshal ; was appointed by the 
pastor to "see to the restraining of youth" during public 
service. His will was proved in 1689. 

Samuel How (2) and Samuel Gorkin purchased of 
the Natick Indians, 1700 acres of land along the road 
from Sudbury to Sherburne. 

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David How (3) kept the How Tavern at Marlbor- 
ough when there were only two houses between the tavern 
and Worcester. This tavern, afterward known as the 
Red Horse Tavern, is Longfellow's "Wayside Inn." 

"On the Boston road through Sudbury is the old 
Howe Tavern or "The Wayside Inn." It was built about 
the beginning of the 18th century by David Howe or 
How, who in 1702, received of his father, Samuel How 
(a son of John) a tract of 130 acres. During the pro- 
cess of construction the workmen resorted to the Par- 
menter Garrison at night for safety from the Indians. 
About the time of its erection it was opened as a public 
house and in 1646, Ezekiel Howe of Revolutionary fame 
put up the sign of the Red Horse, which gave it the 
name of the "Red Horse Tavern." In 1796 Ezekiel 
Howe died and his son, Adam, kept the tavern for 40 
years; his son, Lyman, continued it as a tavern till 1866 
when it passed out of the hands of an owner by the 
name of Howe. "Annals of Sudbury, Wayland, etc." 



"But first the landlord will I trace 
Grave in his aspect and attire; 
A man of ancient pedigree. 
A justice of the peace was he 
Known in all Sudbury as the Squire. 
Proud was he of his name and race 
Of old Sir William and Sir Hugh, 
And in the parlor full in view 
His coat of arms, well framed and glazed, 
Upon the wall in colors blazed; 
He beareth gules upon his shield, 

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A chevron argent in the field, 

With three wolf's heads, and for the crest, 

A Wyvern part-per-pale addressed 

Upon a helmet barred; below 

The scroll reads 'By the name of Howe' 

And over this no longer bright 

Though glimmering with a latent light 

Was hung the sword his grandsire bore 

In the rebellious days of yore 

Down there at Concord in the fight." 

"As ancient is this hostelry 

As any in the land may be 

Built in the old Colonial day 

When men lived in a grander way 

With ampler hospitality. 

A kind of old Hobgoblin hall, 

Now somewhat fallen to decay. 

With weather stains upon the wall 

And stairways worn and crazy doors 

And creaking and uneven floors 

And chimneys huge and tiled and tall." 

"The Wayside Inn." — Longfellow. 



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HOWE 

1. Elder Edward Howe, died June 14, 1644; mar- 

ried, 
Margaret. 

2. Ann Howe, born 1625; died May 20, 1719; mar- 

ried, 1638, 
Elder John Stone, born 1619; died May 5, 1683. 

HOWE 

The name Howe is spelled both with and without 
the e; in the earlier generations, more often without; 
in the later generations, more often, with. 

Edward Howe ( 1 ) , known as Goodman Howe, was 
a ruling elder of Watertown; admitted freeman, May 14, 
1632; selectman, 1637-39-41-42-43; representative, 
1642-43; one of the largest original proprietors of 
Watertown, where he was part owner with Mathew 
Craddock of a mill. He was often made umpire in dis- 
putes. "In a case where a pumpkin vine sprang up 
within the premises of one Indian and bore fruit on the 
premises of another Indian, the dispute over the owner- 
ship of the pumpkin was brought to him for settlement. 
Inspired by the wisdom of Solomon, he called for a knife 
and severed the fruit, giving a moiety to each." 

He died in June or July, 1644, leaving a widow, 
Margaret, and two daughters, Sufferana and Anne, wife 
of John Stone of Sudbury, (see his will in Gen. Rec. 

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Ill, 77; Barry, 397; and Winthrop II, 50-1.) His 
widow, who had married George Bunker, owner of 
Bunker Hill, gave in her will, one-sixth of her estate 
to her sister, Mary Rogers, and children, John and 
Elizabeth, of Boxted in Old England; two-sixths to John 
Stone of Sudbury; and three-sixths to Nathaniel Tread- 
way. "History of Watertown." 

Ann Howe (3) was born in England. 

"November 4, 1646, Mrs. Margaret Howe (widow 
of Edward) and Nathaniel Treadway, her son-in-law, 
are granted liberty to draw two butts of wine, which they 
received for debt, and cannot put off in the butts. (See 
the map.) "History of Watertown." 



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HUNTINGTON 

1. Simon Huntington, born about 1583; died 1633; 

married, 

Margaret Beret, born about 1593. 

2. Christopher Huntington, died 1691; married, 
Ruth Rockwell, born Aug., 1633. 

3. Capt. Thomas H. Huntington, born March 18, 

1664; died Nov. 7, 1732; married, Feb. 10, 
1686, 

Elizabeth Backus, died Dec. 29, 1728. 

4. Ruth Huntington, born Aug. 8, 1699; died Oct. 

6, 1757; married, Aug. 22, 1723, 
Samuel Lincoln, born Nov. 29, 1693; died 1794. 

HUNTINGTON 

Simon Huntington (1) is supposed to have come 
from Norwich, England, and his wife, Margaret Beret, 
may have been the daughter of Christopher Beret, mayor 
of Norwich in 1634. Simon's brother, Samuel Hunting- 
ton, was a captain in the Life Guards and in high favor. 
Simon died in 1633, while on his way to America. 

Christopher Huntington (2) probably accompanied 
his mother, who afterward married a man named 
Stoughton, to Windsor, Conn. ; remained there till 1660. 
His name appears in the earliest records of the town 
and always in honorable relations. The general court 

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granted him 100 acres of land in 1688; in 1678 he was 
town clerk; and in 1688 his name occurs as one of the 
committee to make provision for maintaining the min- 
ister. He died in 1691. 

Captain Thomas H. Huntington (3) attained the 
distinction of always being called, Thomas Huntington, 
Esquire; and was surveyor for the south end of Wind- 
ham. He was born in Norwich. The inscription on his 
tombstone is as follows : 

"After he had served God and his people boath in 
church and state, he fell asleep in Jesus." 



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HUTCHINS 

1. John Hutchins, born about 1604; died 1674; 

married, 
Frances. 

2. Elizabeth Hutchins, married April 1, 1656, 
Thomas Ayer, died Nov. 9, 1686. 

HUTCHINS 

John Hutchins is first mentioned as living in New- 
bury, Mass., and later removed to Haverhill. He died 
in 1674, aged 70. 



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JOHNSON 

1. John Johnson, died Sept. 20, 1659; married, 
Margery, died about June 9, 1055. 

2. Isaac Johnson, died Dec. 19, 1675; married, Jan. 

20, 1637, 
Elizabeth Porter. 

3. Elizabeth Johnson, born Dec. 20, 1638; died 

April 20, 1701; married, Dec. 20, 1658, 
Henry Bowen. 



JOHNSON 

John Johnson (1) came in fleet with Winthrop, 
bringing wife, Margery, and son, Isaac. Sailed from 
England in the ship, "James" in July, 1635. 

History of Roxbury. 

Isaac Johnson (2), freeman in 1635; in 1631 he 
was in public life. He represented this town (Roxbury) 
for 14 years. He was also a military man. The public 
stores were kept in his house. This was burned and the 
town records destroyed. He kept tavern and many pub- 
lic meetings were held at his home. 

Captain Isaac Johnson, with five other captains, was 
killed while storming the Narragansett stronghold, when 
that fierce tribe was destroyed at the famous Fort Fight, 
December 19, 1675. 

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LEAVENS 

1. John Leavens, married, July 5, 1639, 
Rachel Wright. 

2. John Leavens, born April 27, 1640; married, June 

17, 1665, 

Hannah Woods, died Oct. 16, 1756. 

3. Hannah Leavens, born Oct. 17, 1666; married, 

JoH NATHAN PeAKE, Jr. 

LEAVENS 

John Leavens (1) with his wife, Elizabeth, came 
over in the "William and Frances," leaving London, 
March 9, 1632; was made freeman of Roxbury in March, 
1634. His wife died after a long illness and he married, 
second, July 5, 1639, Rachel Wright, "a godly maid." 
Both he and Rachel were members of John Eliot's 
church. 

John Leavens, Jr., (2), was a carpenter and lived 
in Roxbury. In October, 1691, John Leavens, Edward 
Morris (2), Jonathan Peake and John Chandler, Sr., 
were chosen a committee to build a meeting-house In 
Woodstock. 



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LINCOLN 

1. Samuel Linkon, married, June 2, 1692, 
Elizabeth Jacobs. 

2. Samuel Linkon, born Nov. 29, 1692; died 1794; 

married, Aug. 22, 1723, 

Ruth Huntington, born Aug. 8, 1699; died Oct. 
6, 1757. 

3. John Lincoln, born July 28, 1726; died June 7, 

1810; married. May 30, 1758, 
Hannah (Martin) Stowell, born June 15, 1725; 
died Feb. 3, 1791. 

4. Hannah Lincoln, born Jan. 21, 1759; died Dec. 

14, 1846; married, 
Cyprian Parish, born Sept. 8, 1751 ; died Aug. 30, 
1830. 

LINCOLN 

In the town records of Windham, the spelh'ng is 
*'Linkon" and "Stoel," but John Lincoln's family Bible 
gives the modern spelling "Lincoln and "Stowell." 

The family of Thomas Lincoln, the miller, is Id^.n- 
tified with the flourishing city of Taunton, where they 
were proprietors of iron works, two centuries since. 

Town records burned in 1836 ; all prior to 1800. 

The remarkable family of Lincolns of Windham, 
Conn., may properly be mentioned in this connection: 

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Samuel Lincoln was there in 1693 and his descend- 
ants claim to have originated in Hingham, upon evidence 
entitled to some consideration. His son, Samuel, 
reached the age of 101 years, lacking a few days. 

His grandson, Nathaniel Lincoln, attained the age 
of 105 years and three months. This Nathaniel was 
great-uncle to Lora Parish Stone, who received a cedar 
bucket made by him after he was 105 years old. 

Samuel Linkon's wife, Elizabeth Jacobs, was from 
Norwich, Conn. 

From "The Lincoln Family of Wareham, Mass." 

Copy of record as found in great-great-grandfather 
Lincoln's Bible in North Windham, Conn., on the old 
Lincoln farm : 

"John Linkon, born July 28th, 1726; married, 1753, 
to Rebecca Fenton; buried my wife March 26, 1758 ; mar- 
ried. May 30, 1758, to Annah Stoel; Hannah Linkon, 
born January 21, 1759 ; Jonah and Jerusha were born 
November 15, 1760; Olive Linkon born June 24, 1763. 
Brother Eleazer Linkon died November 13, 1754. My 
mother, Ruth Huntington Linkon died October 6, 1757. 
Hannah, my wife, died February 3, 1791." 

The above was written by John Lincoln. Below, 
in another's writing is : 

"John Lincoln died June the 7th, 1810, aged 84." 

In 1904 the old house was still standing where John 
Lincoln lived, but was not occupied as a dwelling. De- 
scendants of Jonah Lincoln are living on the farm and 
the old Bible is in their possession. 

In 1696, Samuel Linkon (1), was surveyor for the 
north end of Windham and Thomas Huntington, for the 
south end. 

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LIVERMORE 

1. John Livermore, born April, 1606; died April 14, 

1684; married, 
Grace Sherman, born 1595; died Jan. 14, 1670. 

2. Lieut. Joseph Livermore, born 1630-1; died Feb. 

9, 1718-9; married, 
Hannah. 

3. Joseph Livermore. born Jan. 27, 1674-5 ; married, 
Elizabeth Stone, born Nov. 9, 1678. 

4. John Livermore, born April 2, 1709; married, 

June 22, 1731, 

Abigail Stone, born April 13, 1712. 

5. Elizabeth Livermore, born Jan. 7, 1734-5 ; died 

April 15, 1814; married, 

Jesse Stone, born Sept. 28, 1737; died July 26, 
1803. 



LIVERMORE 

Peter Livermore and his wife, Marbella Wysbych, 
are supposed to have been the parents of John Liver- 
more (1). Peter had a son, John, baptized September 
30, 1604. He lived in Little Thurloe, Suffolk ; was nnr- 
ried to Marabella Wysbych, June 3, 1594; was buried 
November 15, 1611. His wife was buried July 12, 1612. 

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John Livermore (1) embarked at Ipswich, Eng- 
land, in April, 1634, aged 28 years, in the ''Francis." 
This would make him younger by one or two years than 
the parish register of Little Thurloe. He was one of 
the original settlers of New Haven, June 4, 1639, and 
signed the fundamental agreement of New Haven Colony 
in the same year. His house lot was on the west side of 
Fleet street, next but one to the harbor. He was re- 
peatedly a selectman and held other offices of trust. It 
is probable that he visited England, 1647-49, and in 
May, 1650, he left New Haven to return to Watertown. 
In 1666 he made a complaint of that town for rating 
him according to his trade (he was a potter). A hear- 
ing was offered him before a committee of indifferent 
men or men of his own choosing, but he refused to at- 
tend. He was selectman of Watertown, 1665-6-7-8-9, 
and died there, April 14, 1684, leaving considerable 
property. 

His wife, Grace Sherman, was an obstetrician and 
was sometimes summoned to court to testify when she 
had acted professionally. She died in Chelmsford. 

There is a tradition that there is a large sum in 
the English funds belonging to the heirs of the first 
John Livermore, which they might obtain if they could 
furnish legal proof of their descent. His will mentions 
wife, Grace, and eldest son, John. His inventory, dated 
March 2, 1684, mentions "first, Cowpen Farm, 40 acres, 
upland and 12 acres meadow, formerly of Henry Curtis 
which he (John L.) purchased of the town, November 
7, 1664, for his son, John, and confirmed to him in his 
will." (History of Watertown.) 

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LIVERMORE. 

Lieut. John Livermore (2) was tythingman of 
Watertown in 1679; selectman, 1692; collector of rates, 
1692-3; assessor of rates, 1695; soldier in the Mt. Hope 
campaign. King Philip's War; lieutenant and ensign. 

Joseph Livermore (3) lived in Weston and was 
representative from there, 1738-39-40-42-43-48-49. 

John Livermore (4) was first of Weston, after- 
wards, of Framingham. June 23, 1731, he married 
Abigail Stone, daughter of Samuel Stone and Bath- 
sheba. After his death, his widow married Samuel 
Gleason. Perhaps in some Gleason records, Bathsheba's 
maiden name may be found. 



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MAKIN 

1. Tobias Makin, died 1610; married, 
Katherine. 

2. Joane Makin, married, 
Edmund Sherman, died 1641. 

MAKIN 

1. Tobias Makin, died 1610; married, 
Katherine. 

2. Grace Makin, died March 6, 1661-2; married, be- 

fore 1625, 
Thomas Rogers, born 1588; died Nov. 12, 1638. 

MAKIN 

Tobias Makin of Fingrinhoe, County Essex, Eng- 
land, in the time of Queen EUzabeth, yeoman, married 
Katherine, whose maiden name is unknown, by whom 
he became the father of seven sons and three daughters. 
He died in 1610 as his will of May 14, that year, was 
proved, September 10, following. An abstract of that 
instrument is here appended : 

Wife Katherine to have my lands, etc., (described) 
for life, she to bring up my children and also to pay to 
Grace Sherman, my daughter, ten pounds, and to John 
Makin the elder, my son, ten pounds, 

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After the decease of my wife, my son John Makin 
the younger, to have the lands, etc., and to pay to Joan 
and Rebekah, my daughters, five pounds apiece, and to 
John Makin, my eldest son, twenty pounds, and to Grace 
Sherman, my daughter, ten pounds, etc. 

If said son John, die before entering to be seized of 
the land, it shall remain, etc., to Thomas my youngest 
son, upon the same conditions. If he die, etc., then to 
Samuel, my son. 

Certain house and land to wife for life; then to son 
Westbroome Makin, who shall pay to my son, Thomas, 
thirty pounds. If Westbroome die, then it shall remain 
to son Robert, and if he die, then to Thomas. 

Other bequests to children, including a son, Tobias. 

To Elizabeth Potter, my grandchild, at one and 
twenty years of age, five pounds of lawful English 
money. 

The same to Richard Sherman, the son of Edmund 
Sherman, at twenty-one. 

It is proved by this will that Mrs. Makin survived 
her husband. 

Grace Makin married for her first husband, John 
Sherman of Dover, County Kent, a son of Henry Sher- 
man of Dedham, County Essex, clothier, by his wife, 
Susan Hilles. Mr. Sherman died prior to 1625, as in 
her will of September 2nd, that year, his cousin, Mrs. 
Anne (Sherman) Anger of Dedham, bequeathed "to the 
two children of the wife of Thomas Rogers, John Sher- 
man and Richard Sherman, my kinsmen, ten shillings 
apiece, at their ages of one and twenty." 

Mrs. Grace (Makin) Sherman married for her sec- 
ond husband, Thomas Rogers, born in 1588, with whom 

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she migrated to New England and located in Water- 
town, Mass., in 1630. Mr. Rogers became a freeman of 
the colony May 17, 1637, lived about eighteen months 
thereafter and died, November 12, 1638, aged fifty years, 
leaving one daughter, Elizabeth Rogers. 

The twice bereaved widow then married for her 
third husband and as his second wife, Walter Palmer of 
Watertown and subsequently of Hampton, who died after 
1650. 

She then married for her fourth husband, and as 
his second wife, Roger Porter, formerly of Long Sutton, 
England, who was born in the year, 1583. He was the 
American pioneer of 1630 who returned to England, 
came a second time to these shores in 1638 and located 
in Watertown, Mass., where he died, April 3, 1654, aged 
seventy-one years. 

Mrs. Grace (Makin) (Sherman) (Rogers) 
(Palmer) Porter, the widow of four husbands, died in 
Watertown, March 6, 1661-2, leaving a will which was 
proved June 17th, following, in which she mentions 
among others, her son, John Sherman, and her daughter, 
Elizabeth Smith. 



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MARTIN 

1. George Martin, married, 

2. George Martin, Jr., died Aug. 1, 1755; married, 

Nov. 29, 1706, 
Anne Choate, born May 22, 1691; died Aug. 1, 
1730. 

3. Anna (Martin) Stowell, born June 15, 1725; 

died Feb. 3, 1791 ; married. May 30, 1758, 
John Lincoln, born July 28, 1726; died June 7, 
1810. 

MARTIN 

The history of the Martin family in New England 
begins with Christopher Martin, who was the ninth 
signer of the "Compact" and who was treasurer of the 
"Mayflower." His wife, two sons and two servants ac- 
companied him to this country, where he died shortly 
after landing. His character and standing were evinced 
by the fact that he was one of the few men to be called 
"Master" among the pilgrims. 

Extensive research has failed to reveal the exact 
line of descent, yet it is hardly to be doubted that George 
Martin of Ipswich, Mass., who married Anna Choate in 
1706, was a lineal descendant of the only surviving son 
of Christopher. 

George Martin (1) lived in Chebacco, Ipswich, 
Mass. 

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George Martin (2) bought 100 acres of land on the 
west side of Little River and another 100 acres in what 
is now Hampton on the 19th of October, 1713. His 
will, certified to, September 3, 1755, mentions his daugh- 
ter, Anna Stowel, as equal heiress with other daughters. 
Later, she and two other sisters sold their right to their 
father's estate. 

See "Weaver's Genealogy." 

The original will of George Martin, Jr., is probably 
in the Court House in North Windham, Conn. 

Anna Martin (3) married first, Ebenezer Stowell; 
was a widow in 1755 ; married second, John Lincoln, 
and lived in North Windham, Conn. 



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MASTERTON 

1. Richard Masterton, married, 

2. Sarah Masterton, married, 
John Woods, born 1610. 



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MOORE 

1. John Moore, born 1611, married, 
Elizabeth Whale. 

2. Mary (Moore) Ward, died Jan. 10, 1703; mar- 

ried, Nov. 2, 1667, 

Daniel Stone, born Aug. 31, 1644; died about 
1719. 

MOORE 

John Moore (1) came over in the "Planter" in 
1635; Hved in Sudbury in 1643 and was deacon of the 
church there; married second, Ann, daughter of John 
Smith. 

Mary Moore (2) married first, Richard Ward, who 
was drowned March 31, 1666, and second, Daniel Stone, 
deacon of the church of Sudbury. 



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MORRIS 

1. Thomas Morris, married, Aug. 24, 1639, 
Grissie Hewsome. 

2. Edward Morris, born Aug. 1630; died Sept. 14, 

1689; married, Nov. 29, 1655, 

Grace Bett, died June, 1706. 

3. Dea. Edward Morris, born March, 1658-9; mar- 

ried, 

Elizabeth Bowen, baptized, Jan. 27, 1661. 

4. Lieut. Edward Morris, born Nov. 9, 1688; mar- 

ried, Jan. 12, 1715, 
Bethia Peake, born Feb. 20, 1698. 

5. Martha Morris, born April 4, 1731; died June, 

1812; married, Jan. 1, 1755, 
Comfort Rice, born Aug. 10, 1729; died Aug. 1, 
1816. 

MORRIS 

Thomas Morris (1) came from Nazing, the north- 
west corner of Waltham. 

Edward Morris (2) born in England, was (the 
compiler believes) the son of Thomas Morris and Grissie 
Hewsome of Waltham, Holy Cross Abbey. He mar- 
ried Grace Burr (some authorities say the name was 
Bett), November 29, 1655. 

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Sen. Edward Morris (2) was member of the House 
of Deputies during the greater part of the early contest 
of Massachusetts with Charles II, for the preservation of 
her charter; selectman of the town at January 11, 1674, 
meeting and held the office as long as he lived in Rox- 
bury; was made lieutenant in 1689; buried on Wood- 
stock Hill, Mass. 

On his tombstone is : 

"Here lies buried the body of 

Sen. Edward Morris 
Deceased September 14, 1689." 

From the "Morris Genealogy." 

Deacon Edward Morris (3) took his father's place 
at his death; married Elizabeth Bowen, May 24, 1623, 
was baptized by Rev. John Eliot, March 13, 1658-9, as 
were all his father's children. 

From the "Morris Genealogy." 

Lieut. Edward Morris (4), born at Roxbury; bap- 
tized by Nehemiah Walter; married to Bethia Peake by 
John Chandler, January 12, 1715, daughter of Jonathan 
Peake and Hannah Leavens and grand-daughter of 
Christopher Peake of Woodstock. Voted — "That Ed- 
ward Morris with his wife and family occupy the pew 
that was his father's." 

He was on the committee to settle the bounds of 
Woodstock. 



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NOYES 

1. Peter Noyes, born 1591 ; died Sept. 23, 1667; mar- 

ried, 
Abigail. 

2. Dorothy Noyes, born about 1626; died about April 

8, 1715; married, 1642, 

John Haynes, bom about 1622. 

NOYES 

Peter Noyes, one of the five men appointed to lay 
out the town of Sudbury, came in the ship "Confidence" 
in 1638, with son, Thomas, and daughter, Elizabeth; 
returned to England and came back to America with 
daughter Dorothy and other children in the "Jonathan." 
Agnes Bent came on the same ship in 1639. 

Mr. Noyes was a freeman, May 13, 1640; a select- 
man, 18 years; represented the town at the General 
Court in 1640-41 and '50; and died September 23, 1657. 
Three years before his death, he gave his estate in Eng- 
land to his son, Thomas, and the day before his death, 
he made a will in which he made his son, Thomas, his 
executor and named the following other children, Peter, 
Joseph, Elizabeth (wife of Josiah Haynes), Dorothy 
(wife of John Haynes), etc., etc. 

(See Hudson's "History of Sudbury.") 

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PARISH 

1. John Parish, married, 
Mary Wattell. 

2. William Parish, born Feb. 11, 1694; died Oct. 

21, 1763; married, Nov. 8, 1716, 
Jerusha Smith, born May 8, 1695; died March 

23, 1726-7. 

3. John Parish, born March 10, 1726-7; died Feb. 

11, 1817; married, Oct. 18, 1750, 
Hannah Herrington, died Feb. 9, 1777. 

4. Cyprian Parish, born Sept. 8, 1751 ; died Aug. 30, 

1830; married, 
Hannah Lincoln, born Jan. 21, 1759; died Dec. 
14, 1846. 

5. Lora Parish, born May 3, 1786; died Dec. 13, 

1864; married, Nov. 26, 1807, 
John Stone, born Nov. 26, 1786; died July 28, 

1852. 

PARISH 

John Parish (1) and his wife, Mary, were received 
into the First Church at Preston, Conn., from the church 
in Ipswich, Mass., November 15, 1704. He Hved in 
Braintree, Mendon, Groton and Ipswich, Mass., and in 
Preston and Stonington, Conn. 

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William Parish (2) in 1720, went to Scotland, 
Conn., where all of his children were born. He had 
three wives, Jeriisha Smith, Bethiah Brewster and 
Jerusha Ayer. 

John Parish (3) moved from Scotland to Worth- 
ington, Mass., where he died. He married, second, 
Hannah Hebbard, April 16, 1778. 

Cyprian Parish (4), born in Preston, Conn., Sep- 
tember 8, 1751; moved to Worthington, Mass.; was bap- 
tized May 14, 1780, and united with the church at 
Worthington. His wife, Hannah, was received into the 
church in 1791. During the Revolution he served with 
the Massachusetts troops, in Captain Webber's com- 
pany, Lieut. Colonel Samuel Williams' regiment; en- 
listed December 17, 1776; discharged March 20, 1777; 
service, 3 months, 14 days at the northward, including 
11 days (220 miles) travel home; roll sworn to at 
Chesterfield and endorsed Major Clapp's regiment. 

Also private in a company commanded by Captain 
Ebenezer Webber of Worthington, Major Jonathan 
Clapp's regiment; enlisted July 10, 1777; discharged 
August 12, 1777; service, 1 month, 8 days under Gen- 
eral Schuyler at the westward, including 5 days (100 
miles) travel home. 

From "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors." 



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PEABODY 

1. John Peabody, died 1666; married, 
Isabel. 

2. Francis Peabody, born about 1614; died Feb. 19, 

1698-9; married, May 18, 1642, 
Mary Foster, died April 9, 1705. 

3. Mary Peabody, married, 
John Death. 

PEABODY 

The house and name of Peabody date back to 
Boadie, a kinsman of Boadicea, who fought with her 
against the Romans. In the final battle between the 
British queen and the invader, Boadie was one of the 
very last on the field and when he was forced to retire, 
took with him the armor and medal of honor of a young 
patrician, whom he had slain. He and his followers 
found a refuge in Wales, where after many years, one 
of his descendants, Peabodie (meaning Mountain-Man) 
and his tribe joined King Arthur's forces. The Roman 
medal was still a treasured family possession and, as a 
reward for Peabodie's valiant service the king granted 
to him and his heirs forever, the right to wear the insig- 
nia on the medal as a coat of arms. 

John Peabody (1) of Duxbury in 1637, had 10 
acres of Blue Fish property; of Bridgewater in 1645; 

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will dated July 15, 1649; died 1666. His wife, Isabel, 
survived him. His children were Thomas, Francis, Wil- 
liam and Annie, who married John Rouse. 

Francis Peabody (2) of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, 
England, came to New England in the "Planter" in 
1635. He was one of the original settlers of Hampton, 
N. H., and was living there in 1638. 



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PEAKE 

1. Christopher Peake, died May 22, 1666; married, 

Jan. 3, 1637, 
Dorcas French. 

2. Jonathan Peake, born Dec. 17, 1637; married, 

Aug. 15, 1660, 
Sarah French, born May, 1638; died Oct. 14, 
1694. 

3. Jonathan Peake, Jr., bap., Oct. 15, 1663; mar- 

ried, 
Hannah Leavens, born Oct. 17, 1666. 

4. Bethia Peake, born Feb. 20, 1698; married, 
Lieut. Edward Morris, born Nov. 9, 1688. 



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PRATX 

1. Thomas Pratt, died 1589; married, 
Joan. 

2. Andrew Pratt, married, 

3. Rev. William Pratt, born 1562; married, 
Elizabeth. 

4. Lieut. William Pratt, married, 1636, 
Elizabeth Clark. 

5. Elizabeth Pratt, born Feb. 1, 1641; died 1730; 

married, May 11, 1660, 

Lieut. William Backus. 

PRATT 

Thomas Pratt (1) was of Baldeck, Hertfordshire, 
England. His will was dated, 1589. 

Lieut. William Pratt (4), first settler of the name, 
is supposed to have come over with Rev. Thomas Hooker 
to Newton, now Cambridge, in 1633; thence to Hartford, 
Conn. In 1636, he married Elizabeth Clark, daughter 
of John Clark. He and his brother, John, came from 
Stevenage in Hertfordshire. 



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PURCHAS 

1. Oliver Purchas (or Purchis), married, 

2. JoANE Purchas, born March 25, 1578; died March 

26, 1653; married, Whitmonday, 1596, 
Bernard Capen, born 1562; died Nov. 8, 1638. 



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RICE 

1. Edmund Rice, born 1594; died May 3, 1665; mar- 

ried, 
Thomasine, died June 13, 1654. 

2. Thomas Rice, died Nov. 16, 1681; married, 
Mary King. 

3. Gershom Rice, born May 9, 1667; died Dec. 29, 

1768; married, Aug. 12, 
Elizabeth Balcom_, born Aug. 16, 1672. 

4. Lieut. Gershom Rice, born about 1696; died Sept. 

24, 1781; married, 
Esther Haynes, born Jan. 28, 1697; died Aug. 16, 
1770. 

5. Comfort Rice, born Aug. 10, 1729; died Aug., 

1818 ; married, 
Martha Morris, born 1731 ; died June, 1812. 

6. Nancy Rice, born Oct. 27, 1762 ; died Feb. 6, 1849 ; 

married, 
John Stone, born May 15, 1763; died Feb. 20, 
1849. 

RICE 

The name is of Welsh origin and in Wales is writ- 
ten "Ap Rice." 

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Edmund Rice (1) was from Barkhamstead, County 
Herts, England, and was among the first settlers of Sud- 
bury (1639). After the death of his wife, Thomasine, 
he married second, Mercy (Hurd) Brigham, widow 
of Thomas Brigham. Mary, daughter of Thomas 
and Mercy (Hurd) Brigham, was wife of John Fay and 
ancestress of Olive (Evans) Stone. 

Edmund Rice was deacon of the church in Sudbury 
and one of the five men appointed to lay out that town. 
The inventory of his effects was taken by Thomas King, 
John Woods and John Stone. 

Thomas Rice (3) moved to Marlborough in 1664 
and died there in 1681. 

Gershom Rice (3) married Elizabeth Balcom at 
Charlestown. He was residing in Groton, April 1, 1713, 
but moved to Marlborough, Mass., before the 13th of 
October of that year. He had 80 acres of land and the 
first meetings for religious worship were held at his 
house. He is accounted the second settler of Worcester, 
his brother, Jonas, being the first, and they have ever 
since been called the fathers of the town. When he died, 
he was in his one hundred and first year. In August, 
1723, a Gershom Rice and 65 others petitioned for land 
between Turkey Hills and Rutland, including Wachusett. 

Lieut. Gershom Rice (4) married Esther (or Hes- 
ter) Haynes and they resided in Sudbury, where she 
died, September 24, 1781. 

Comfort Rice (5) married Martha Morris of Wood- 
stock and resided in that part of Worcester called Au- 
burn. 



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RICE 

1. Edmund Rice, born 1594; died May 3, 1665; mar- 

ried, 

Thomasine, died June, 13, 1654. 

2. Samuel Rice, born May 2, 1634; married Nov. 8, 

1655, 

Elizabeth King, buried Oct. 30, 1667. 

3. Elizabeth Rice, born Oct. 26, 1656; married, Jan. 

2, 1677, 

Peter Haynes, born April 7, 1654. 

RICE 

Samuel Rice (1) was born in England. He mar- 
ried first, Elizabeth King, who died in 1667 ; second, 
Mary Brown, who died in 1675; third, Sarah, widow 
of James Horner. 



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ROCKWELL 

1. William Rockwell, died May 15, 1640; married, 
Susanna Capen, born April 11, 1602; died Nov. 

13, 1666. 

2. Ruth Rockwell, born Aug., 1633; married, 
Christopher Huntington, died 1691. 

ROCKWELL 

The Rockwell family in England traces its line back 
to Sir Ralph de Rockville, a Norman knight, who ac- 
companied the Empress Maude into England when she 
laid claim to the throne. He ultimately joined King 
Henry I and received a grant of three knights of land 
in the County of York. 

Deacon William Rockwell (1) was a member of the 
church formed in the New Hospital, Plymouth, England, 
of which the Rev. Mr. Warham was pastor and the Rev. 
Mr. Maverick, teacher. Rockwell came to America with 
Warham and Maverick in 1630 in the "Maiy and John." 
He was admitted freeman of Dorchester October 19, 
1630; was one of the first two deacons of the church in 
that town and died in Windsor, May 15, 1640, leaving a 
widow, Susanna (Capen) Rockwell. 



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ROGERS 

1. Thomas Rogers, born 1588; died Nov. 12, 1638; 

married, 
Grace (Makin) Sherman, died March 6, 1661-3. 

2. Elizabeth Rogers,, married about 1640. 
Daniel Smith, died July 14, 1660. 

ROGERS 

Thomas Rogers (1), born in 1588, married before 
1625, Mrs. Grace (Makin) Sherman and brought her 
with him to New England, where they settled in Water- 
town, Mass., in 1630. Mr. Rogers became a freeman of 
the colony. May 17, 1637, lived about eighteen months 
thereafter and died, November 12, 1638, aged fifty years, 
leaving one daughter. 

Elizabeth Rogers (2) married about 1640, Daniel 
Smith of Watertown, whom she survived. 



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SHERMAN 

1. John Sherman* died 1504; married, 
Agnes Fullen. 

2. Thomas Sherman * died 1551 ; married, 
Jane Waller*. 

3. Henry Sherman, died 1590; married, 
Agnes, buried Oct. 14, 1580. 

4. Edmund Sherman, died 1601 ; married, 
Anne Pellatte, buried June 8, 1584. 

5. Edmund Sherman, died 1641; married, 
Joane Makin. 

6. Grace Sherman, born about 1595; died Jan. 14, 

1670; married, 
John Livermore, died April 14, 1684. 

SHERMAN 

John Sherman (1) lived in Yaxley, Suffolk, and 
married Agnes, daughter of Thomas Fullen. His will 
was proved December 13, 1504. 

Thomas Sherman (2) of Yaxley (will proved in 
1551) had money, plate and large landed property; in 
Norfolk, the manors of Royden and Royden Tuft and 
lands in Royden, Bressingham and Diss; in Suffolk, the 
manors of Eye and Eye Hall (of which he was the lord J 

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and lands in Yaxley, Eye, Thrandeston and Little 
Thornham. He married Jane, probably the daughter of 
John Waller of Northam and Margaret Thorold of 
Thornham, Suffolk. 

Henry Sherman (3) lived in Colchester, Essex. His 
will was probated July 25, 1590. 

Edmund Sherman (4) lived in Dedham, England. 

Edmund Sherman (5) came to America, lived in 
Wethersfield and died in New Haven in 1641. His 
wife, Joan, was the daughter of Tobias Makin of Fin- 
grinhoe, for whose will, see Historical and Genealogical 
Register April and July, 1876. This will was made May 
14, 1610, and proved September 10, 1610. 

In the will of Edmund Sherman (4) of Dedham is 
found the following: "After my sister's death, I give 
the field and tenement before given to her during life, 
to the Governors of the Public Grammar School in Ded- 
ham, to be improved for a dwelling house for a school 
master that shall teach children to read and write, which 
said school master shall freely teach one poor child which 
shall be from time to time appointed unto him by my 
son, Edmund, and after him, by his heirs forever." 



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SMITH 

1. John Smith,* married. 

Isabel, born 1579; died July 12, 1639. 

2. Daniel Smith, died July 14, 1660; married, about 

1640, 

Elizabeth Rogers. 

3. Daniel Smith, born Sept. 27, 1642; died June 7, 

1681 ; married, Feb. 22, 1668, 
Mary Grant. 

4. John Smith, born July 13, 1672; died May 8, 

1739; married, 

Susanna Chesley, born about 1668; died Sept. 28, 
1746. 

5. Jerusha Smith, born May 8, 1695; died March 

23, 1726-7; married, Nov. 8, 1716, 
William Parish, born Feb. 11, 1694; died Oct. 
21, 1763. 

SMITH 

John Smith (1) believed to be the father of Daniel 
Smith (2) lived in Watertown in 1631 and became a 
freeman of the Massachusetts Colony, May 25, 1636. 
His wife, Isabel, whom he probably married in England, 
died in Watertown in 1639. 

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Daniel Smith (2) of Watertown, who about 1G40, 
married Elizabeth Rogers, died July 14, 1660. In his 
will of the same date he made his wife, Elizabeth, execu- 
trix, named his son, Daniel, and made his own brother, 
Abraham, Rev. John Sherman of Watertown and others, 
the overseers. Daniel, the son, was the only issue of this 
marriage. 

Daniel Smith (3) the only son and child as appears 
by the Watertown records, was born there, September 
27, 1642. He married, February 22, 1668, Mary, a 
daughter of Christopher and Sarah Grant, also of Water- 
town, and by her became the father of three sons and 
five daughters. He died in Watertown, June 7, 1681, 
leaving a will which bore date, May 31, that year. In 
this he says : "1 give unto my deare and loving wife, 
my whole (estate) both houses and lands and moveables 
for her comfort and maintenance and ye bringing up of 
my children so long as she shall contenue a widow after 
my decease, but if she shall see reason to marrie again, 
then my will is, she shall enjoy the thirds of ye yearly 
income of my lands and that onely." 

John Smith (4) the third child and second son of 
the above, was born in Watertown, July 13, 1672. He 
married before 1695, Susanna Chesley, by whom he be- 
came the father of four sons and five daughters. The 
family moved to Preston about 1709, as is proved by a 
deed recorded in that town by which William Dennison, 
with the consent of Mary, his wife, makes over to John 
Smith, his heirs, executors and assigns forever, "a certain 
parcel of upland and swamp land, in estimation, three 
score acres" for thirty pounds of current money of New 
England. 

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By 1715 the family had removed to Stonington, as 
during that year the ear mark of John Smith's cattle was 
recorded in that town and in 1718, John Smith of Ston- 
ington purchased additional land from William Denni- 
son. 

John Smith and his wife were interred east of the 
farm owned by Nathan Stewart in the present town of 
North Stonington, their grave stones being still extant. 
They bear the following inscriptions: 

"Mr. John Smith departed this life. May the 8th, 
A. D., 1739, in the 67th year of his age." 

"Susannah Smith, who died September 28, 1746, in 
the 78th year of her age." 

John Smith left a will beginning "In the name of 
God, Amen— the fourth day of March, 1729-30. 

I, John Smith of North Stonington, in ye county of 
New London, being very weak of body but of perfect 
mind and memory, thanks be to God for it. Therefore 
calling to mind the mortality of my body and that it is 
appointed for all men once to die, Doe make and ordain 
this my last will and Testament, that is to say. First of 
all, I Recommend my Soul unto the hands of God that 
is, and my body I Recommend to ye earth to be buried 
at ye discretion of my executors nothing doubting but 
at ye general Resurrection I shall receive the same again 
by ye mighty power of Grod. And as touching my 
v/orldly Estates wherewith it hath pleased God to bless 
me with all here in this life, I give and dispose of ye same 
in ye following manner and form : 

Imprimis — I give and bequeathe unto Susannah my 
dearly beloved wife ye east end of my dwelling house, 
half my barn and ye one half of all my housings, with all 

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my moveables excepting sixty pounds thereof (and what 
my estate is in debt) during the time she continue my 
widow, but if she marries again then to have but one- 
third part of my moveables above sd. during her natural 
life and then to be divided equally among my three 
daughters or their heirs." The will continues with be- 
quests to all the children surviving. Jerusha died two 
or three years before her father. 

Jerusha Smith (5) was born in Watertown. She 
married in Windham, Conn., November 8, 1716, Wil- 
liam Parish of Windham, whose first wife she was. She 
died in Windham, March 23, 1726-7, and the widower 
married, May 23, 1738, Bethiah Brewster, who died Feb- 
ruary 8, 1740-1. Mr. Parish married for his third wife, 
April 13, 1742, Jerusha Ayer, by whom he had a daugh- 
ter, Jerusha, who died when she was seven months old. 



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TRAVIS 

1. Daniel Travis (or Travers), died Jan. 19, 1683; 

married, 
Esther. 

2. Hannah Travis, married, Sept. 13, 1683, 
John Ayer, born May 12, 1657; died 1743. 

TRAVIS 

Daniel Travis (or Travers) was living in Boston in 
1652, where he worked as a carpenter. He was made a 
freeman in 1673 and had then been for a long- time, chief 
gunner. From May 1, 1680, he was allowed 25 pounds, 
according to the records of the Col. V. He died January 
19, 1683. 



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WALLER 

1. John Waller, of Northam,* married. 
Margaret Thorold, of Thornham, Suffolk. 

2. Jane Waller *, married 
Thomas Sherman, died 1551. 



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WARD 

1. Ward, Chief Constable of Ravenhall, Essex, mar- 

ried, 

2. Rev. John Ward, died 1598 ; married, 

Susanna. 

3. Mary Ward, married, 
Samuel Wayte. 



WARD 

The Ward, who was Chief Constable of Ravenhall, 
Essex, Gentleman," was "of such esteem in the county 
that by an oration he made on Rayne Common, he 
quieted a commotion of the people." 

The Rev. John Ward (2) had a parish in Haverhill, 
Suffolk, and preached also at Bury St. Edmund's. Dr. 
William Whittaker, Master of St. John's College, Cam- 
bridge, used to say of him, "Give me John Ward for a 
text." 

His epitaph in the church in Haverhill is as follows : 

"Grant some of knowledge greater store, 
More learned some in teaching; 
Yet few in life did lighten more, 
None thundered more in preaching." 

(Translated from the Latin.) 

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"Son of thunder, son of ye dove, 
Full of hot zeal, full of true love; 
In preaching, truth; in living, right; 
A burning lamp, a shining light." 

"John Ward, after he with greate evidence and 
power of ye Spirit & with much fruit, preached ye 
Gospel in Suff. 25 yeares, was heere gathered to his 
fathers. Susan, his widowe, married Richard Rogers, 
that worthie pastor of Wethersfield. He left three 
sonnes, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, preachers who for 
them and theirs, wish no greater blessing than yt they 
may continue in believing and preaching the same Gos- 
pel till ye comeing of Christ. Come, Lord Jesus, come 
quickly." 



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WAYT 

1. Samuel Wayt, married, 
Mary Ward. 

2. Capt. John Wayte, married, 
Mary Hills. 

3. Hon. John Wayt, born about 1618; died Sept. 26, 

1693 ; married, 

Sarah, born about 1625; died Jan. 13, 1707. 

4. Sarah Wayt, born 1672; died 1732; married, April 

25, 1684, 

Nathanial Stone, born May 11, 1660; died 1732. 

WAYT 

Samuel Wayt (1) lived in Wethersfield. 

Captain John Wayte (2) came with Joseph Hills 
from the town of Maldon, England, in 1638; married 
Mr. Hills' daughter, Mary, and settled in Maiden, Mass. 
His land was laid out in the meadow about Mt. Prospect 
and Prospect Hill took from him its later names of 
"Captain's Hill" and "Wayte's Mount." His name ap- 
pears among those of the board of selectmen, 1651, the 
first board of which we have record. 

The Hon. John Wayt (3) was captain of the train 
band and was representative for an unbroken term of 
nineteen years, the duration of which is unparalleled. He 

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was identified with the popular party and in 1684, was 
speaker of the House of Deputies. 

"It is related how John Wayte, the foremost man 
in Maiden, upheld the charter against its enemies and 
how he incurred the wrath of Randolph. After a long 
struggle the charter fell and the Court of England 
triumphed, but not for long." 

His son, John, was with Lieut. Hasey of the three 
county troops in 1676. 

Benjamin Mussey and Alice (Dexter) Mussey were 
probably the parents of Sarah Mussey, wife of John 
Wayte. Benjamin Mussey was killed by lightning in 
the great meadow. Alice Dexter was the daughter of 
Richard and Bridget Dexter. Bridget was one of the 
friends of the meek preacher, Marmaduke Matthews of 
Maiden. 



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WHALE 

1. Philemon Whale, married, 

3. Philemon Whale, died about 1675; married, 
Elizabeth. 

3. Elizabeth Whale, married. 
John Moore, born 1611. 

WHALE 

Philemon Whale (1) clerk, lived in Chickney, Es- 
sex, England. 

Philemon Whale (2) one of the early grantees and 
settlers of Sudbury in 1638-9, sold to Edmund Rice, his 
house and nine acres of land near the spring. This, in 
connection with the Axdell land, formed the Edmund 
Rice estate, remaining in the Rice family for generations. 

Whale was admitted freeman in 1638. His first 
wife was Elizabeth (maiden name not given). He mar- 
ried, second, Sarah Cakebread, and third, Elizabeth 
Griffin. He owned land in various parts of the town, but 
his early home is supposed to have been not far from the 
head of the mill pond, near the Concord Road, as a bridge 
at the head of the pond is still called "Whale's Bridge" 
though none of his descendants have lived in Sudbury 
for many years. 



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WOODS 

1. John Woods, born 1610; married, 
Sarah Masterton. 

2. Hannah Woods, died Oct. 16, 1756; married, 
John Leavens, born April 27, 1640. 

WOODS 

John Woods (or Atwood) lived in Plymouth. He 
married Sarah, daughter of Richard Masterton. 



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THE ANCESTRY OF OLIVE EVANS 



THE ANCESTRY OF OLIVE EVANS 



EVANS 

1. Cotton Mather Evans, married, 
Rebecca Lyon. 

2. Nathaniel Evans, born Jan. 17, 1773; died June, 

26, 1825 ; married, Sept. 8, 1799, 
Nancy Fay, born March 15, 1781; died July 12, 
1825. 

3. Olive Evans, born Oct. 29, 1815; died Oct. 28, 

1888 ; married. May 25, 1840, 
DwiGHT Stone, born May 14, 1817; died June 5, 
1901. 

4. Julia Evans Stone, born Feb. 5, 1843; married, 

June 4, 1863, 
Major Henry Moore Neil, born Aug. 4, 1832. 



CHILDREN OF HENRY MOORE NEIL AND 
JULIA (STONE) NEIL 

William Neil, born Dec. 28, 1864. 

Olive Neil, born Oct. 26, 1866. 

Hannah Neil, born July 10, 1868; married, Nov. 12, 

1891, 
Guy Ward Mallon, born April 28, 1864. 

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Alice Josephine Neil, born Aug. 21, 1870; married, 

Dec. 31, 1902, 
Rev. Albert Neilson Slayton, born April 21, 1875, 
Fay Neil, born March 7, 1872. 

Florence Neil, born Oct. 6, 1873; married, Oct. 6, 
1896, 

Byron Lakin Bargar, born Jan. 12, 1867. 

Julia Stone Neil, born Feb. 28, 1876; married, Oct. 

17, 1900; 
Alfred Hastings Chapin, born Nov. 19, 1876. 

EVANS 

"Nathaniel Evans, when in the seventh year of his 
age, was taken prisoner by the Indians at the time of 
the burning of Royalton, Vermont (1780). Among the 
children taken and carried off was one belonging to the 
family of a Mrs. Handy, who followed the Indians to 
their camp and inquired for their chief. She earnestly 
begged the life of her child, also for the other children. 
She asked what they intended to do with the children 
and was told in reply, "We intend to amuse ourselves 
with them and then scalp them." Mrs. Handy continued 
to urgently plead for the children until finally she suc- 
ceeded in obtaining their release and then proceeded to 
return with these nine children. They had to walk sev- 
eral miles before they could find a place to ford the 
river. She forded White River five times carrying these 
children across on her back." 

Nathaniel Evans was one of the children rescued 
by Mrs. Handy. The list follows: 

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Michael Hudson, Roswell Parkhurst (son of Eben- 
ezer Parkhurst), Andrew Durkee, Sheldon Durkee, Jo- 
seph Rix, Rufus Fish, Fish, Nathaniel Evans (son 

of Cotton M. Evans), Daniel Donner. 

Mr. Evans was later a merchant and farmer of 
Middlebury, Vermont, and still later, came west and set- 
tled in Middlebury (now part of Athens), Ohio, where 
he died, June 2Q, 1825. His wife was taken ill with 
measles about two weeks after his death and died, July 
12, 1825, leaving her younger children to the care of 
her relatives in Vermont, among them, Olive, who later 
married Dwight Stone. 



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BARRON 

1. Ellis Barron, died Oct. 30, 1676; married, 
Grace, died 1650. 

2. Mary Barron, died Feb. 13, 1715-6; married, Dec. 

10, 1650, 
Daniel Warren, born 1628 ; died 1667. 

BARRON 

The Barrens of Waterford County, Ireland, (to 
which family Ellis Barron belonged) are a branch of the 
great house of Offaly and were formerly of the Palatin 
Barrons of Burnchurch. Their surname is given as Fitz- 
Gerald, alias Barron. 

"The last branch of the Fitz-Geralds, who were 
barrons of Burnchurch, retained for several years a sta- 
tion of rank and influence in Kilkenny, but were involved 
in the troubles of the seventeenth century and forced to 
abandon their native shire ; and settled in Waterford, and 
to escape the rancor of persecution, they assumed instead 
of their patronymic the cognomen of Barron only. Mau- 
rice Fitz-Gerald, the first Knight of Kerry, was the third 
son of John Fitz-Gerald and Hannah O'Connor, his 
wife, and lineally descended from Gerald, Lord of Off- 
aly." 

Ellis (often written Elliz) Barron was probably 
born in Waterford County, Ireland, about 1600, married 

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while in Ireland, Grace , who died in Watertown, 

Mass., about 1650; came to America in 1640; was ad- 
mitted freeman of Watertown, June 2, 1641; was con- 
stable and selectman. His will was dated October 26, 
and proved December 19, 1676, and contains bequests 
to his wife and their sons, then divides the remainder 
equally among seven children and, to his grand-daugh- 
ter, gives "the pyed black heifer." Inventory, 139 

pounds. He married twice, first, Grace , mother of 

all his children ; and second, Hannah, widow of Timothy 
Hawkins. He was with Captain Sill in King Philip's 
War. 



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BATCHELDER 

1. Rev. Stephen Batchelder, born 1561 ; died 1660; 

married, 

2. Deborah Batchelder, born 1592; married, 
John Wing, died 1629-30. 

BATCHELDER 

The Rev. Stephen Batchelder (Bacheller, Bachiler) 
was born in England, 1561, matriculated at St. John's 
College, Oxford, November 17, 1581; B. A., 1585-6; 
studied for the ministry of the Church of England; was 
ordained and made vicar of the Church of St. Peter and 
Holy Cross, Wherwell, Hants, where he remained till 
1605. He was then ejected from the living, probably for 
non-conformity. From that time till his emigration, he 
preached in various churches, but had no regular parish. 
The name of his first wife, mother of Deborah (Batch- 
elder) Wing, is unknown. His second wife, Helen , 

and a daughter, went to Flushing with him in 1631, to 
visit some of his other children. Mr. Batchelder was 
among the first in England to be excommunicated for non- 
conformity and "suffered much at the hands of the bish- 
ops." In 1632 he came to America in the "William & 
Frances" and, Sunday, June 8, of that year, became pastor 
without installation, of the church at Lynn, Mass. Four 
children were presented for baptism. The oldest, first, but 
the minister refused him the rite until he had baptized 
his own grandson. He was admitted freeman. May 6, 
1635, but, differing in opinion with the non-conformists, 

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as he had done with the clergy of the Church of Eng- 
land, he went from one town and one pulpit to another. 

He was one of the founders of Hampton where over 
300 acres of land were granted him, and became pastor 
of the church there in 1638. In 1639, however, on the 
arrival of Timothy Dalton as teacher, dissension again 
arose and charges of non-conformity and immorality 
were made against Mr. Batchelder. The second charge 
was vague, never in any way substantiated and is now 
believed to be absolutely without foundation. The ques- 
tion of his standing in the Puritan church never was 
settled. He was excommunicated, then received back 
into communion, never, however, being given another 
parish, though called both to Casco and to Exeter. 

His second wife died in 1635 and he made an un- 
fortunate marriage with his housekeeper, from whom he 
later petitioned to be divorced. His plea was refused and 
(probably in consequence of this refusal and because of 
other injustice) he returned to England, where he died 
in Hackney, Middlesex, in 1660. 

He is described as "tall and sinewy ; features, prom- 
inent, particularly the nose; dark complexion; coarse, 
black hair, mouth, large and firm; eyes, black as sloes; 
features, long rather than broad; strong, clear voice; 
rather slow in motion and speech ; simple in dress ; obstin- 
ate and tenacious of his opinions to a marked degree; a 
powerful preacher, drawing largely from the Scriptures 
and impressing his hearers with the uncommon power 
and sanctity of his sermons; strong in his friendships 
and hates." 

Winthrop says he was "a gentleman of learning and 
ingenuity and wrote a fine and curious hand." 

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BREWSTER 

1. William Brewster, married, 
Prudence. 

2. Elder William Brewster, bom about 1560; died 

April 18, 1634; married, 
Mary. 

3. Patience Brewster, died 1634; married, August 

5, 1624, 
Governor Thomas Prence, born 1601 ; died 
March 29, 1673. 

BREWSTER 

Among the old English families inhabiting the 
northeastern parts of Suffolk County and the adjoining 
parts of Norfolk, on the eastern coast of England, was 
the ancient Brewster family with its connections, ranking 
among the early "English Landed Gentry." That Elder 
William Brewster was of this connection is indicated by 
the oft-repeated name of "William" before the time of 
Elder William Brewster's father, and is also indicated 
by the fact that an old copy (and it appears to be a very 
old copy) of the same coat of arms has been preserved 
by one branch of the Brewster family in this country, 
from time immemorial. 

Elder William Brewster was born about 1560, prob- 
ably at Scrooby. His father had charge of the relay sta- 

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tion, or post, at that place and, as a child, William must 
have seen there many of the famous people of the time. 
He entered Peterhouse, Cambridge, and made his first 
record there, December 3, 1580. "Though it is quite 
probable that Brewster did not graduate or take a degree, 
yet he was long enough at Cambridge to come under the 
influence of the Puritan preachers and to become most 
decidedly earnest in his Christian character." 

He then entered the service of William Davison, 
Elizabeth's envoy at Antwerp. "The relations between 
Brewster and Davison must have been close and even 
affectionate. Bradford declares that Davison trusted 
Brewster above all that were around him and employed 
him in all matters of greatest trust and secrecy, esteem- 
ing him rather as a son than as a servant. In private he 
talked with him more like a friend than a master and 
thought much of the lad because of his wisdom and 
godliness." 

When the keys of the "Cautionary towns" were 
turned over to Davison, he put them in charge of young 
Brewster, "who proudly slept at night with them under 
his pillow." Brewster saw much of interest in Holland 
and later at the English court and seemed "destined to 
become a shining figure in political life either at court, 
in Parliament or on some foreign embassage." Davison 
fell into disfavor, however, and was imprisoned for de- 
livering the death warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots, 
after Elizabeth had signed it, to those in charge of the 
prisoner. He was, as he supposed, obeying orders, but 
Elizabeth said she had never intended the warrant to be 
executed without further word from her, and sent him off 
to prison. Brewster remained faithful to his friend, and 

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after his imprisonment, left the court and returned to 
Scrooby. His father's health was failing and he did the 
real work of the relay-station where, largely through 
Davison's exertions, he was later appointed to succeed his 
father. "As a popular and beloved friend and gentleman, 
his true character shone as brightly in the country village 
as at court or in foreign lands." Probably it was about 
this time that he married. 

He was the soul of the Puritan colony in England, 
and, after many troubles, a warrant for his arrest was 
issued September 1, 1607, and another December 1 of 
the same year, as "a very dangerous, schismatical Sepa- 
ratist, Brownist and irreligious subject." He escaped to 
Holland and became a prominent member of the colony 
at Leyden, where he remained till 1620, when he sailed 
for New England in the "Mayflower," landing on Ply- 
mouth Rock, December 21, 1620. In Leyden he sup- 
ported himself by teaching English, and afterward by 
printing, and was very comfortable. 

But Bradford says : 

"But now removing into this country (New Eng- 
land) all those things were laid aside againe and a new 
course of living, in which he was no way unwilling to 
bear his part and to bear his burden with the rest. Liv- 
ing many times without bread or coin many months 
together. . . .yet he lived by the blessing of God till very 
old age." 

Bradford says again : 

"I am to begin this year with that which was a mat- 
ter of great sadness and mourning unto us all. On ye 
18th of April dyed their Rev. Elder and my dear and 
loving friend, Mr. William Brewster, a man that had 

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done and suffered much for ye Lord Jesus and for the 
Gospel's sake and had bore his part in weal and woe 
with this poore persecuted Church, above 36 yrs. in Eng- 
land, Holland and in this Wilderness and done ye Lord 

and them faithful service in his place and calling He 

had this blessing added by ye Lord to all ye rest, to dye 
in his bed in peace amongst ye mids of his friends who 
mourned and wept over him and ministered what help 
and comfort they could unto him and he again recom- 

forted them whilst he could A few minutes before 

his last he drew his breath long as a man falen into a 
sound sleep without any pangs or gaspings and so swetely 
departed this life unto a better For his personal abil- 
ities, he was qualified above many. He was wise and 
discreet and well-spoken, having a grave and deliberate 
utterance, of a very cheerful spirit, very sociable and 
pleasant among his friends; of a humble and modest 
mind, of a peaceable disposition ; undervaluing himself 
and his own abilities and sometimes overvaluing others. 
Inoffensive and innocent in his life and conversation 
which gained him the love of those without as well as 
those within ; yet he would tell them plainly of their 
faults and evils both publicly and privately but in such 
manner as was usually well taken from him. He was 
tenderhearted and compassionate of such, as were in 
miser)'- ; but especially of such as had been of good estate 
and rank and were fallen into want or poverty, either 
for goodness' and religion's sake or by the injury and 
oppression of others. He would say 'Of all men these 
deserve to be pitied most.' And none did more offend 
and displease him than such as would proudly and 
haughtily carry and lift up themselves being risen from 

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nothing and having little else in them to command them 
but a few fine clothes and a little riches more than 
others 

"He had a singular good gift in prayer He 

always thought it were better for ministers to pray 
oftener than to be long and tedious in the same, except 
upon solemn and special occasions For the Govern- 
ment of the Church which was most proper to his office, 
he was careful to preserve good order in the same and to 
preserve purity both in the Doctrine and Communion of 
the same and to suppress any error or contention that 
might arise up amongst them. And accordingly God 
gave good success herein to his endeavor all his days 
and he saw the fruit of his labors in that behalf." 

It was also said of the Elder that "he fought as he 
prayed, and although he would far rather convert an 
enemy, he would not think of allowing him the first shot." 

Patience Brewster was born in England and came 
to America in the ship "Anne" two years after the 
arrival of the "Mayflower" ; and married Thomas Prence 
(afterward governor of Plymouth Colony), August 5, 
1624, and died in 1634. 



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BRIGHAM 

1. Thomas Brigham^ bom 1603; died December 18, 

1653; married, 1637, 
Mercy Hurd, died December 28, 1693. 

2. Mary Brigham, died 1676; married. 

John Fay, born 1648; died December 5, 1690. 

BRIGHAM 

Thomas Brigham, aged 32, embarked at London for 
New England, April 18, 1633, in the ship "Susan and 
Ellyn." In 1637 he was proprietor of fourteen acres in 
Watertown on the strip which was later annexed to Cam- 
bridge (probably Windmill Hill). He had many swine 
and was continually in trouble with them and fined for 
their misbehaviour. He was selectman, 164:2-4:7; and 
constable, 1639-42, but was finally put out of office on 
account of the hogs. Later he lost money and left his 
estate so involved that most, except the homestead, had 
to be sold. 

His house was spacious, "hall, parlor, kitchen and 
two chambers, completely furnished and amply stored 
with necessary provisions, silver spoons and other utensils 
of silver, join stools, join chairs, cushions, damask cloth, 
etc., two servants, five horses, etc." He was "truthful 
and sincere in his vows; faithful in their observance; 
secured and enjoyed the confidence and love of the first 

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and best of men, and co-operated with them to plant the 
seed and cherish the germ of our national freedom and 
greatness." — From "The Brigham Family," by Albert 
Morse. 

In 1637, he married Mercy Hurd. His wife, who 
was ten or fifteen years younger than he, is given a high 
character by tradition, which says further that she and 
her sister "were so tantalized in England for their non- 
conformity, that they resolved on seeking their liberty 
and fortune in New England and arrived unattended by 
husbands or lovers. Mercy (Hurd) Brigham married, 
second, Edmund Rice, and third, William Hunt. 



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CHILD 

1. John Child, born 1636; died October 15, 1676; 

married, May 29, 1668, 

Mary Warren, born November 29, 1651; died 
1734. 

2. John Child, born April 25, 1609; married, Octo- 

ber 5, 1695, 

Hannah French, born 1676 ; died January 2, 1766. 

3. Lydia Child, bap. October 7, 1711; married, De- 

cember 9, 1727, 

Deacon James Fay, born December 27, 1707; died 
June 12, 1777. 

CHILD 

John Child (1), a brother of Richard Child and heir 

with him of Ephraim Child, married first, Mary , 

and after her death, Mary Warren. In his will he does 
not mention any daughters. Inventory of his property, 
taken December 29, 1676, 142 Id., s., lOd. 

See "History of Watertown." 



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CHILLINGSWORTH 

1. Thomas Chillingsworth, died about March, 

1652-3; married, 
Joanna, buried December 4, 1684. 

2. Mary Chillingsworth, died September 25, 1702 ; 

married, 
John Foster, born October 7, 1642; died June 13, 
1732. 

CHILLINGSWORTH 

Thomas Chillingsworth was probably the only male 
bearing the name in New England in the seventeenth 
century. He resided in Lynn and Sandwich and later, 
in Marshfield; and was representative in 1648 and 1652. 
He had no male descendants, but his name appears as 
a Christian name in the posterity of some of his daugh- 
ters to this day. After his death his widow married 
Thomas Doggett. She was buried September 4, 1684. 
See "History of Hardwick," by Paige. 



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DEVOTION 

1. Edward Devotion, died September, 1685, married, 
Mary. 

2. Hannah Devotion, died December 17, 1700; mar- 

ried, May, 1679, 

John Ruggles, born May 19, 1657. 

DEVOTION 

Edward Devotion, or de Vautien, was a French 
Huguenot and belonged to a noble family of Rochelle, 
whose head at the time of his emigration, was Pierre de 
la Barre de Vautien. He came to America and settled 
in Roxbury, Mass., living in that part of Boston called 
"Muddy River." He joined the church in Boston in 
1645 and later, his son, Edward, was baptized there. His 
wife, however, was baptized in Roxbury. His son gave 
a large sum of money, known as "The Edward Devotion 
School Fund," to the town of Brookline, where it is still 
a source of revenue. The Devotion homestead has been 
preserved by the Daughters of the American Revolution. 

Hannah Devotion married. May 1, 1679, John Rug- 
gles, who had first married her older sister. 



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EWER 

1. Thomas Ewer^ married, 
Sarah Learned. 

2. Anna Ewer^ married, June 2, 1666, 
Daniel Wing, died 1698. 



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FAY 

1. John Fay, born about 1648 ; died December 5, 1690 ; 

married, 

Mary Brigham, died 1676. 

2. John Fay, born November 30, 1669; died January 

5, 1747; married, December 1, 1690, 

Elizabeth Wellington, born December 29, 1673; 
died May 8, 1729. 

3. Deacon James Fay, bom December 27, 1707 ; died 

June 12, 1777; married, 

Lydia Child, bom October 7, 1711. 

4. Daniel Fay, born October 21, 1728 ; died February 

28, 1815; married. May 4, 1749, 

Elizabeth Spooner, born January 14, 1731; died 
November 24, 1756. 

5. Lieut. Daniel Fay, born December 14, 1752 ; died 

June 21, 1810; married, August 23, 1778, 

Mary Paige, bom October 19, 1759; died March 
27, 1834. 

6. Nancy Fay, born March 15, 1781; died July 12, 

1825; married, September 8, 1799, 

Nathaniel Evans, born January 17, 1773; died 
June 26, 1825. 

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FAY 

The Fays were of French origin. During the per- 
secution of the Huguenots they fled to Wales and from 
Wales, the ancestors of the American family came to 
the colonies. 

Morse claims that John Fay (1) was the son of 
David Fay. "The first mention of his (John Fay's) 
name or even that of Fay upon the Colonial records is 
in 1671, when Thomas King, John Fay, John Howe, 
Sr., Peter Beret and others of Marlboro, petitioned for 
a grant of land, and 'the Court judgeth it meete to referr 
the petitioners, in case they cannot rest where they be, 
to look for a mete place within our line to the westward 
of the Conecticot river to answer their expectations 
and then present it to the Court, who will consider 
thereof.' It does not appear that anything was ever 
done under this permission of the Court, but in 1675, 
John Fay appears among the proprietors of Worcester 
and has a lot of fifty acres assigned to him in the eastern 
squadron, lying next to the County road to Boston." 

"Fay Genealogy," 

He was born in England in 1648 and embarked 
May 30, 1656, at Gravesend on the ship "Speedwell," 
arriving at Boston, June 27 of that year. He was one 
of the proprietors of the Ockoocangenessett plantation, 
purchased of the Indians in 1684, and, while in Water- 
town, was made one of the feofifes in trust of the estate 
of Renold Bush of Cambridge, who proposed to marry 
Susanna Lowell of Beverly, Wilts, England. His first 
wife was Mary Brigham, who was born at Watertown; 
and his second wife was Mrs. Susanna Morse. He died 
in Marlborough, December 5, 1688. 

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John Fay (2) was the first deacon of the First Con- 
gregational Church at Westboro, in which town he died, 
January 5, 1747. 

Deacon James Fay was the seventh child of John 
Fay (2). He owned land in Hardwick as early as 1735, 
but remained at Westboro till after 1739, residing on 
the old River Road at the place marked A. Rice on the 
R. map. He was a fanner, a bone-setter and a deacon 
of the Separate Church. He was denounced as a Tory, 
but was afterwards forgiven and died in peace, June 12, 
1777, aged nearly 70 years. 

Daniel Fay (4) was an agriculturalist and owner 
of a large landed estate in Hardwick, Mass., and was 
an intelligent and highly respected and influential man. 
He served in the French and Indian War in the company 
of Captain Samuel Robinson; Colonel (after Brigadier 
General) Timothy Ruggles' regiment. In 1771, he was 
commissioned lieutenant of militia and he was a lieuten- 
ant on the "alarm list" in 1775. 

He married first, Elizabeth Spooner, and second, 
Mary Crosby, and had seventeen children : Timothy, 
Daniel, Jedediah, Moses (died young), Aaron, Elizabeth, 
Moses, Sarah, Eliakim, David, Jonathan (died young), 
Mary, Jonathan, Joseph, Fiorina, Benjamin and Hannah. 
The first three children were the children of Elizabeth 
Spooner. 

Lieutenant Daniel Fay (6) was born in Hardwick, 
Mass. He was a soldier in the company of Captain 
Samuel Dexter, Colonel Larned's regiment, and was at 
Camp Roxbury in January, 1776. He was at the seige 
of Boston; in Washington's army in the retreat from 
New York; in the Battle of White Plains; saw the sur- 

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render of Burgoyne; was a corporal in the company 
commanded by Edmund Hedges, one of the minute men 
who had already become a captain of militia, and was 
attached to the regiment of Colonel Job Gushing. 

He must have moved to Bethel, Vt., about 1779-80 
and was assessed in the original tax of that town. He 
died in Randolph, Vt. 

Nancy Fay, second child of Lieutenant Daniel Fay 
and Mary (Paige) Fay, married Nathaniel Evans. They 
had eleven children, Olive being the eighth child. 



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FOSTER 

1. Thomas Foster, born about 1600; died April 20, 

1682; married, 
Elizabeth, died June 26, 1695. 

2. John Foster, born Oct. 7, 1642; died June 13. 

1732; married, about 1663, 
Mary Chillingsworth, died Sept. 25, 1752. 

3. Chillingsworth Foster, born June 11, 1680; 

died Dec. 22, 1764; married, 

Mercy Freeman, born Aug. 3, 1687; died July 7, 
1720. 

4. James Foster, born Jan. 6, 1705; died 1788; mar- 

ried, July 10, 1729, 

Lydia Winslow, born Sept. 8, 1709; died Jan. 7, 
1770. 

5. Mary Foster, born April 11, 1732; died July 21, 

1825; married, Oct 24., 1754, 

Col. Timothy Paige, born May 24, 1727; died 
Aug. 26, 1791. 

FOSTER 

Thomas Foster (1) was a resident of Weymouth as 
early as 1640; removed later to Braintree and Billerica; 
was one of the selectmen of Billerica ; and was proprietor 
of a "great lot" at the Mountain, Mount Wallaston, 

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Braintree. He came to America from England in the 
ship "Hercules." He was an early Anabaptist but his 
posterity were firm adherents to the Established Church. 

See "Foster's Genealogy." 

Deacon Chillingsworth Foster resided in Hardwick, 
now Brewster. He was deacon of the church 33 years, 
selectman 9 years, treasurer 25 years, town clerk 28 
years, representative 8 years. 

Deacon James Foster (4) was a resident of Roch. 
till 1774, when he removed to Athol. He was select- 
man, town clerk and treasurer. 

See "History of Hardwick," Paige. 



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FREEMAN 

1. Anthony Freeman, married, 

2. Edmund Freeman, born about 1590; died 1682; 

married, 

Elizabeth, died Feb. 14, 1682. 

o. Major John Freeman, born 1627; died Oct. 28, 
1719; married, Feb. 13 or 14, 1619-50, 

Mercy Prence, born 1631; died Sept. 28, 1711. 

4. John Freeman, born Dec, 1651; died Oct. 38. 

1719 ; married, Dec. 18, 1672, 
Sarah Merrick. 

5. Mercy Freeman, born Aug. 3, 1687; died July 7, 

1720 ; married, 
Deacon Chillingsworth Foster, born June 11, 
1680; died Dec. 22, 1764. 



FREEMAN 

Edmund Freeman came to New England in the 
ship "Abigail" in 1635 and settled first in Lynn, Mass. 
In 1637 he was one of the purchasers and settlers of 
Sandwich and apparently the leading man in the enter- 
prise. He was a selectman of Sandwich, 11 years; rep- 
resentative in the general court, 1646; and one of the 
assistants of Plymouth Colony, 1640-46. He was then 
left out of office, it is supposed because he was thought 

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to be too lenient toward the Quakers and perhaps too 
Hberal generally in his religious views. He presented 
Plymouth Colony with twenty corslets or pieces of plate 
armor. His wife's name was Elizabeth (probably Ben- 
nett or Beauchamp). He lies beside her under the "sad- 
dle and pillion, in what was the old burying ground 
at Sandwich. No other graves have been preserved. A 
few days after his wife's death, he picked out two stones. 
One, shaped like a pillion, was placed on her grave; the 
other which reminded him of a saddle 'where e're long 
another grave must be digged.' " He fancied these as 
"emblems of the conveniences on which, in the prime of 
life and to old age, he and his wife had often traveled to- 
gether." and said to his sons, "Here, after death shall 
have called your father, bring my earthly remains and lay 
them beside your mother. Place the saddle upon my 
grave and so let us rest until the Resurrection Day." 

The stones are one and one quarter miles from the 
town hall of Sandwich, in the angle made by the old 
and new roads to Plymouth. 

Major John Freeman early removed from Sand- 
wich to Eastham. He was one of the most prominent 
men in the colony ; selectman in his town ; deacon of the 
church ; major of militia ; representative to the general 
court when only 32 and six years afterwards; and one 
of the assistants from 1666 to 16S6 and again, after 
Andros was deposed, from 1689 till 1692. On the or- 
ganization of the court under the new government, he 
was appointed December 7, 1692, Judge of the Court 
of Common Pleas, which office he resigned in 1695 nn 
account of the infirmities of age. His house was near 
the line between Eastham (now Griswola) and Harwich 

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(now Brewster). He married Mercy, daughter of Gov- 
ernor Thomas Prence and Patience (Brewster) Pience. 
On two stones in the burying ground in Brewster are 
these inscriptions : 

"Here lies the body of Major John Freeman who 
died October 28, 1719, in the 88th year of his age." 

"Here Hes buried the body of Mercy Freeman, wife 
to Major John Freeman, who died September 28, 1711." 



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FRENCH 

1. Captain William French, born 1603; died Nov. 

20, 1681; married, May 6, 1669, 
Mary (Lothrop) Stearns, born 1640. 

2. Hannah French, born 1676; died Jan. 2, 1766; 

married, Oct. 5, 1693, 
John Child, born April 25, 1669. 

FRENCH 

Captain William French resided in Billerica and 
was chosen to sit in the deacon's seat. Evidence of his 
activity in the cause of Indian instruction is found in a 
letter written by him to a "godly friend" in England, 
afterwards published in London in the famous tract 
"Strength out of Weakness." 

His first wife was Elizabeth Symmes, mother of 
Sarah French, who married Jonathan Peake; his second 
wife was Mary (Lothrop) Stearns, mother of Hannah 
French, so that Captain French is ancestor both of 
D wight Stone and Olive Evans. Sarah was his fifth 
child and Hannah, his fourteenth. After his death, his 
widow married Isaac Mixer, Jr., of Watertown. 



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GIBSON 

1. John Gibson, born about 1601; died 1694; mar- 

ried, 
Rebecca, buried Dec. 1, 1661. 

2. Mary Gibson, born March 29, 1637; died Dec. 6, 

1674; married, April 3, 1655, 
John Ruggles, born 1633; died Feb. 25, 1713. 

GIBSON 

John Gibson was born in England about 1601; 
came over to America and lived in Cambridge, Mass., 
"ye newe towne of 1632 & name changed to Cambridge 
May 2, 1638 ;" and his name and his wife's were re- 
corded as members of the church in Watertown. His 
wife was buried in Roxbury, the burial being thus re- 
corded by John Eliot; "Mon. 10, day 1, 1661, the wife 
of Goodman Gibson." 

One Sunday in 1679, the contribution of the church 
at Cambridge was for the relief of the family of John 
Gibson, "they being in low condition, they being visited 
with the small-pox and under many wants." The Gib- 
son's seem to have had a great deal of trouble. One of 
the good man's daughters was afflicted with some mental 
disorder, which she ascribed to the influence of a widow 
named Holman. Gibson believed her and charged the 
widow with witch-craft. Fortunately, she was ac- 
quitted, Gregory Stone being among those who defended 

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her character. Gibson was then found guilty of slander. 

During the reign of James II, a petition was sent 
to the king from the inhabitants of Cambridge, asking 
redress from the oppressive nile of the governor, Sir 
Edmund Andros. This petition, which was inspired by 
Increase Mather, was signed by John Gibsori and George 
Willow and closed with the pathetic words, "If we 
perish, we perish." No redress came, owing perhaps to 
the abdication of the king, and John Gibson died a poor 
man. 

Mary was his second child. 



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JENNISON 

1. Robert Jennison, died 1690 ; married, 
Elizabeth, born 1608; died Oct. 30, 1638. 

2. Elizabeth Jennison, born April 12, 1637; died 

1665; married, Oct. 4, 1652, 
Deacon George Reed, born 1629; died Feb. 21, 
1705. 

JENNISON 

Robert Jennison was probably several years younger 
than his brother, William ; his name is not on the earliest 
list (February, 1636-7) of the proprietors of Water- 
town. He had however, a daughter born there in 1637, 
this being the earliest known record of him. His will 
was dated September 15, 1688, with a codicil dated 
April 2, 1689. This mentions his son-in-law, George 
Reed, and others. His grandchildren inherited the prop- 
erty of his brother, William Jennison. 

See "History of Watertown." 



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LEARNED 

1. William Learned, married, 

GOODETH. 

2. Sarah Learned, bom 1607; married, 
Thomas Ewer. 

LEARNED 

William Learned was born in England; came to 
America and was living in Charlestown in 1632; made 
a freeman in 1634; and moved to Wobum in 1641. In 
the great trouble of 1637 he was on the side of moder- 
ation so far as to disapprove the banishment of Wheel- 
wright. He was received into the Charlestown church 
with his wife, Goodeth; subscribed at Charlestown to 
"town orders for Woburn" and was one of the first 
board of selectmen for the latter town. 



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LOTHROP 

1. John Lowthroppe, married, 

2. Robert Lowthroppe, died 1558 ; married, 

3. Thomas Lowthroppe, died 1606; married, 
Ellen. 

4. Rev. John Lothrop, born 1584; died 1653; mar- 

ried, 
Mary. 

5. Thomas Lothrop, born 1621; married, Dec. 11, 

1639, 
Sarah (Learned) Ewer. 

6. Mary Lothrop, bom Oct. 4, 1640, married, May 

6, 1669, 
William French, born 1603; died Nov. 20, 1681. 

LOTHROP 

John Lowthroppe (1) of Cherry Burton belonged 
to the junior branch of his family, but was possessed of 
extensive landed estates and in 1545 was assessed twice 
as much as any other member of the parish. Cherry 
Burton was four miles from Lowthorp Dickering, East 
Riding of Yorkshire. 

John Lothrop (4) the emigrant, was baptized at 
Etton in Yorkshire, December 20, 1584; matriculated in 

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Queen's College, Cambridge, 1601; B. A., 1605; M. A., 
1609; curate at Egerton, Kent, of St. James' Church, 
1611; later became an Independent and was chosen pas- 
tor of the First Independent Church on Union street, 
Southvvark, London, succeeding the Rev. Henry Jacobs, 

"Only such as could meet the obloquy and risk the 
danger of worshipping God in violation of human statute 
were likely to be found in that secret gathering." 

April 22, 1632, the congregation was discovered by 
one of Bishop Laud's agents, named Tomlinson. Only 
eighteen escaped. Forty-two, including Mr. Lothrop, 
were arrested and sent to the Clink Prison in Newgate 
and the Gatehouse, where they lingered for months. In 
the spring of 1634 all but Mr. Lothrop were released on 
bail. While he was still in prison his wife died. He 
was allowed to visit her at the last, but was immediately 
returned to his confinement. Finally in response to a 
piteous appeal from the minister's motherless children, 
the bishop consented to release him. He then came to 
America and was chosen pastor of the church in Scituate 
which he organized shortly after his landing in Septem- 
ber, 1634. Difficulties arose between him and his par- 
ishioners on the subject of baptism and he went to Barn- 
stable where he organized another church. 

He was made a freeman of Plymouth Colony in 
1637. 

His house at Scituate is thus described : "The walls 
were made of poles, filled between with stones and clay, 
the roof thatched, the chimney to the mantel of rough 
stone and above, of cob work; the windows of oiled 
paper and the floor of hand-sawed planks." He left a 

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library valued at five pounds, each of his children receiv- 
ing one book. 

Otis says of him: "He was a man of deep piety, 
great zeal and large ability, and as distinguished for his 
worldly wisdom as for his piety. Wherever one of his 
family pitched his tent, that spot soon became a center 
of business and land in its vicinity increased in value." 

Thomas Lothrop was probably bom in Egerton, 
Kent, about 1621. He joined the church in Scituate, 
Mass., May 4, 1637; and married in Boston, December 
11, 1639, Mrs. Sarah Ewer, daughter of William 
Learned. 

Mrs. Mary (Lothrop) Stearns-French-Mixer, three 
times married and the third wife of her third husband, 
was still living in 1735, being then about 95 years of 
age. 



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MERRICK 

1. Lieut. William Merrick, born 1603; married, 
Rebecca. 

2. Sarah Merrick, born Aug. 1, 1654; died April 21, 

1696; married, Dec. 18, 1672, 

John Freeman, Jr., born Dec, 1651 ; died Oct. 28, 
1719. 

MERRICK 

"That the Merrick's of America are descended from 
the purest Celtic stock is established upon the best of 
authorities, to-wit : Burke's Peerage. 

"The Meyrick's are of the purest and noblest Cam- 
brian blood and have possessed the same ancestral estates 
and residence at Bodorgan Anglesey, Wales, for 1000 
years ; they have the rare distinction of being lineally 
descended both from the sovereign princes of Wales of 
the Welch royal family and from King Edward I, whose 
eldest son was the first Prince of Wales." 

From "The Merrick Family Genealogy." 

"The following table of births (dates, etc.,) is 
offered, not only as possible, but very probable and is 
from the Merrick Genealogy: 

1. Meuric ap Llewellyn, Captain of the Guard at 
the coronation of Henry VIII, April 15, 1509. His 

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castle at Bodorgan, Wales, is still in the Myrick family. 
Authority, Burke's "Peerage." 

2. Rev. John, fifth son of Llewellyn, born 1513, 
was first in the navy, which he left to enter the ministry. 
He left three children: William, born about 1545; 
Owain, rector of St. David's, Pembrokeshire ; Maud, who 
married a Powell. 

3. Rev. William Merrick, son of Rev. John, and 
nephew of Rev. Roland, born 1546, was at Llandeslied, 
where he may have been born. 

4. John (that is Sion), born about 1579 in Pem- 
brokeshire. 

No records have yet been found of John's children, 
but tradition in several of the American families is that 
John was the father of four brothers : William, born 
1603; James, bom 1612; John, born 1614; Thomas, born 
1620. 

There is good reason to believe that the John of 
Hingham, who died at Roxbury, leaving a widow, Eliz- 
abeth, was the father of the four brothers." 

See "Merrick Genealogy." 

In the "Merrick Genealogy" is a picture and de- 
scription of Bodorgan Castle. 

Lieutenant William Merrick was born in Wales, 
1603; arrived at Charlestown in the "James" in 1636; 
served five years in the Colonial Militia under Myles 
Standish, first as ensign, then as lieutenant; had prop- 
erty in Eastham and Duxbury and lived in both places. 
He was 43 years old when the first of bis ten children 
was born. In his will, dated December 3, and proved 
March 6, 1688-9, he is described as being about 86 years 

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old. He might be supposed to be the grandfather rather 
than the father of this family, were it not that he names 
his wife, Rebecca, and children, WilHam and Stephen. 



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PAIGE 

1. Nicholas Page, married, 

2. Henry Page, born 1492; married, 

3. John Page, born 1521; married, 
AwDRY Redding. 

4. Richard Page, born 1553; married, 
Frances Mudge. 

5. Richard Page, born 1589; married, 1635, 
Elmira Whitecliffe. 

6. Nathaniel Paige, born 1645; died April 12, 1692; 

married, about 1677, 
Joanna Merriam, died July 1724. 

7. Christopher Paige, born Feb., 1695; married, 

May 23, 1720, 

Elizabeth Reed, born 1700; died 1786. 

8. Col. Timothy Paige, born May 24, 1727; died 

Aug. 26, 1791; married, Oct. 24, 1754; 

Mary Foster, bom April 11, 1732; died July 21, 
1825. 

9. Mary Paige, born Oct. 19, 1759; died July 12, 

1834; married, Aug. 23, 1778, 

Lieut. Daniel Fay, born Dec. 14, 1752; died June 
21, 1810. 

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PAIGE 

The Paige's are descendants of Hugo Page or Page- 
ham, son of a baron of England, who fulfilled an im- 
portant mission at the Spanish court for Henry HI and 
was knighted for his services. 

The will of Nicholas Page (1) was dated 1547. 

Henry Page (2) was bom in Wembly, Middlesex; 
moved to Essex and later, returned to Middlesex, where 
his descendants lived for several generations. 

John Page (3) married Awdry, daughter of 
Thomas Redding of Hedgeston, Middlesex. 

Richard Page (4) married Frances, daughter of 
Robert Mudge of London. 

Richard Page (5) married Elmira, daughter of 
James Whitecliffe. 

Nathaniel Page (or Paige) (6), the emigrant, was 
an active business man and greatly interested in the pub- 
lic welfare. He was "noted for great strength and 
courage, tested when he commanded a company of vol- 
unteers that routed a large band of Indians." He sailed 
from Plymouth, landing at Boston, August 13, 1675; 
lived there five years; went back to England in 1677 
to marry Joanna Merriam ; and returned to this country, 
settling in Roxbury, June 2, 1686. He was one of the 
eight original purchasers of the town of Hardwick from 
the Indian sachems, December 27, 1686. A copy of the 
deed of sale by sundry Indians, recorded in the County 
of Hampshire, in which this territory was then em- 
braced, is given in Paige's "History of Hardwick," page 
15. A continuation of the record reads: 

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"And we do also hereby appoint Captain Samuel 
Green and Mr. Nathaniel Page and the Rev. Mr. Tim- 
othy Ruggles to procure a good and well approved of 
surveyor and two chainmen who shall be under oath to 
the faithful discharge of their office and trust and shall 
survey six miles square within our claim and draw a 
fair platt thereof and the same put on record." 

On the organization of the government, June 2, 
1686, after the abrogation of the first charter, he was 
appointed by President Joseph Dudley, one of the two 
marshals of Suffolk county. He was licensed by the 
County Court of Suffolk, August 2, 1686, as an acre- 
holder in Roxbury. He bought in 1687-8, a farm of 
250 acres in that part of Billerica which is now the east- 
erly part of Bedford, where he resided during the re- 
mainder of his life. His will dated on the day next 
preceding his death is signed "Natt Paige" and the sig- 
nature is unusually plain and distinct. 

From "The History of Hardwick," by Paige. 

He died in Boston, April 12, 1692. 

Christopher Paige (7) married first, Joanna , 



who died October 27, 1719, and second. Elizabeth, 
daughter of Deacon George Reed of Woburn. He was 
a farmer and joiner; resided on the easterly road to Gil- 
bertville; transacted business for the settlers in Roxbury 
and with the general court in Boston, notably in their 
final and successful effort to incorporate as a town ; was 
moderator of their first town meeting; selectman seven 
years and assessor five years ; and was also moderator 
of all the meetings held in Hardwick until 1761. At 
the organization of the church, November 17, 1736, his 

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name stands first on the list of members and on Decem- 
ber 3, 1736, as its first deacon. His obituary was pub- 
lished in the Massachusetts Gazette, March 31, 1774. 
"At Hardwick, Deacon Christopher Paige, aged 83 
years, 21 days, in a comfortable hope of a better life, he 
left a widow and has had 12 children, 9 now living and 
3 dead; 81 grandchildren, 66 living and 15 dead. A 
funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Hutchin- 
son at his farm on Monday following." From "The 
History of Hardwick," by Paige, which contains much 
interesting information concerning Christopher Paige. 

Colonel Timothy Paige (8) was a farmer and much 
emplo)^ed in the public service; selectman, 3 years; 
treasurer, 6 years; representative, 1781; member of the 
Committee of Correspondence and other important com- 
mittees during the Revolutionary period ; captain of mil- 
itia and led his company to Bennington at the alarm in 
August, 1777, and to West Point in 1780, through a 
campaign of three months. On the organization of the 
militia, after the adoption of the Constitution, he was 
commissioned colonel, which office he held during the 
remainder of his life. He was a staunch supporter of 
the government and rendered service in the suppression 
of Shay's Rebellion. He resided on the homestead 
where he died, August 26, 1791. His wife, Mary, died 
in New Braintree, July 21, 1825, aged 93, and was buried 
by the side of her husband in the southwesterly corner 
of the old burial place. Colonel Paige's father and three 
brothers are buried near by. 

The obituary notice is as follows: 

"In Hardwick, on the 26th ult. Colonel Timothy 
Paige, aged 61: years, after a distressing sickness which 

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he sustained with Christian fortitude and died in the 
firm faith and hope of a future resurrection and a happy 
immortality. He was a gentleman of abilities and filled 
a number of important stations, both in the civil and 
military departments with fidelity and honor. A num- 
ber of gentlemen in the military line attended the inter- 
ment of his remains, among a numerous concourse of 
friends and relatives and a company of infantry dressed 
in uniform, attended the solemnity and performed mili- 
tary honors. A pathetic and well adapted discourse was 
delivered on the occasion by the Rev. Thomas Holt, 'O 
Death, where is thy sting? O Grave, where is thy vic- 
tory?'" 

This was probably the first military funeral in the 
town and the only one until October, 1811, when similar 
honors were rendered John Warren. 

Mary Paige (9) is described as "a very fine looking 
woman, stately and dignified, and so highly educated as 
to be quite capable of preparing her sons for college." 



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PALGRAVE 

1. Dr. Richard Palgrave, died 1657; married, 

Anna. 

2. Mary Palgrave, married, 

Roger Wellington, born 1609-10; died March 11, 
1698-9. 

PALGRAVE 

Richard Palgrave (or Palsgrave) "a right godly 
man and skillful chirurgeon" one of the first physicians 
of Charlestown; applied October 30, 1630, to be admit- 
ted freeman ; was admitted next May 18 ; his will was 
dated June 4, 1651; mentions wife, Anna, daughters 
Mary (wife of Roger Wellington) Sarah, Elizabeth, 
Rebecca and Lydia, the first three daughters already mar- 
ried. His inventory, 313 Id., s., 8 d., dated October 
1, 1651. 

His widow, Anna, then of the parish of Stepney, 
Middlessex, England, appointed John Pierce of Wapping, 
Middlessex, mariner, and Edmund Heylett of the parish 
of Stepney, merchant, to be her attorneys. The will of 
Anna Palgrave mentions her eldest daughter, wife of 
Roger Wellington, and other children. 



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PEIRCE 

1. Thomas Peirce, born 1583; died 1666; married, 
Elizabeth. 

2. Thomas Peirce, born 1616; died 1683; married, 
Elizabeth, died 1688. 

3. Abigail Peirce, born 1660; died Sept. 9, 1719; 

married, Feb. 18, 1684, 
George Reed, born Sept. 11, 1660; died Jan. 20, 
1756. 



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PRATT 

1. John Pratt, * married, 

2. Rev. PIenry Pratt,* married, 

3. Phinehas Pratt, married, 1630, 
Mary Priest. 

4. Hannah Pratt, married, March 18, 1652, 
William Spoon er, died 1684. 

PRATT 

"The Rev. Henry Pratt, a non-conformist minister, 
was imprisoned with 400 religious teachers and con- 
fined in damp and gloomy jails in England. While thus 
incarcerated, he communicated with his distressed fam- 
ily by writing to them with the blood which he drew from 
his arm for this purpose." From "Pratt's Memorial of 
Phinehas and Joshua Pratt." 

Phinehas and Joshua Pratt, supposed to have been 
sons of the above, were among the 36 original settlers 
of Dartmouth, and were allotted two acres of land 
jointly. Tradition has it that John Pratt (1) or his 
father was a Frenchman who "fled from France during 
political excitement to England and became armor- 
bearer to the Monarch of England." 



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PRENCE 

1. Thomas Prence, married, 

2. Governor Thomas Prence, born 1601; died 

March 29, 1675; married, Aug. 5, 1624, 
Patience Brewster, died 1634. 

3. Mercy Prence, born 1631; died Sept. 28, 1711; 

married, Feb. 13 or 14, 1649-50, 
Major John Freeman, born 1627; died Oct. 28, 
1719. 

PRENCE 

Thomas Prence (2), son of Thomas Prence (1), 
of Lechdale, Gloucestershire, near Crickdale, Wilts, was 
born in 1601 and came to America in the ship "Fortune," 
landing at Plymouth, November 9, 1622. Two years 
later, August 5, 1624, he married Patience, daughter of 
Elder William Brewster, this being the ninth wedding 
in the colony. Mistress Prence died in 1634, the year 
in which Thomas Prence was, for the first time, chosen 
governor of Plymouth Colony. In 1635 he married 
Mary Collier, and on, the expiration of his term of office, 
moved to Duxbury. After the death of his second wife, 
he married Mrs. Mary Freeman. In 1638, long remem- 
bered as the year of the earthquake, he was again chosen 
governor, holding ofifice for a year. He then again 
changed his residence, going to Eastham, in 1644. In 

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ence was 'foul and false,' strong words which honor the 
writer." Prence and his friends felt that, in harrying 
the Quakers, they were doing God's service; a severe exe- 
cution of the laws was exceptional and they often exer- 
cised leniency on slight pretexts. Thomas Prence had 
over swayed the court in religious matters and he used 
his influence to emancipate his people from the bonds of 
a world-wide superstition. He promoted education, was 
a stern Calvinist, was quiet and kind in his dealings with 
the Indians (words of Thomas Mayhew), a noble mis- 
sionary to the Indians. 

The governor's only son went to England, where 
he married and died while still a young man, leaving an 
only daughter. 

Mercy Prence (3) daughter of Thomas Prence and 
his first wife, Patience (Brewster) Prence, married 
Major John Freeman. 



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PRIEST 

1. DiGGORY Priest, died Jan. 1, 1621; married, Nov. 
4, 1611, 

Sarah (Allerton) Vincent. 
3. Mary Priest, married, 1630, 

Phinehas Pratt. 

PRIEST 

Degory (or Diggory) Priest, one' of the passengers 
on the "Mayflower," married at Leyden, Holland, No- 
vember 4, 1611, Sarah (Allerton) Vincent, widow of 
John Vincent and sister of Isaac Allerton, another of 
the "Mayflower's" passengers. 

Diggory Priest was made a freeman of Leyden in 
1615. Governor Bradford and Isaac Allerton were the 
only other Englishman on whom this honor was con- 
ferred. 

Edward Allerton of St. Dionis', Backchurch, Lon- 
don, and Rose Davis of St. Peter's, Cornhill, who were 
married at St. Dionis', February 14, 1579-80, may have 
been the parents of Isaac and Sarah. Edward Allerton 
died in 1590 and his widow in 1596. 

Diggory Priest died January 1, 1621, only a week 
or so after the landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth 
Rock. His family had remained behind in Leyden, 
where his widow married, within the year, Cuthbert 
Cuthbertson, with whom she afterwards came to Amer- 
ica. She died before 1633. 

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REED. 

1. Edward Read, * married, 

2. William Read, * married, 
Dorothy Beaumont. 

3. Thomas Read, * married, 
Ann Hoo. 

4. Sir Thomas Read, * married, 
Mary Stonehouse. 

5. Sir Thomas Read, * married^ 
Mary Brocket. 

6. Thomas Read,* married, 
Mary Cornwall. 

7. William Reed, born 1587; died 1656; married, 
Mabel Kendall, born 1605; died June 15, 1690. 

8. George Reed, born 1629; died Feb. 21, 1705; mar- 

ried, Oct. 4, 1652, 
Elizabeth Jennison, bom 1637; died 1665. 

9. Deacon George Reed, born Sept. 14, 1660; died 

Jan. 20, 1756; married, Feb. 18, 1624, 
Abigail Peirce, born Nov. 20, 1660 ; died Sept. 9, 
1719. 

10. Elizabeth Reed, born June 14, 1700; died 1786; 
married. May 23, 1720, 
Christopher Paige, bom' Feb., 1690; died March 
10, 1774. 

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REED 

The Reeds (or Reads) are an old English family 
whose history is known as far back as the fifteenth cen- 
tury, when Edward Read (1), Lord of the Manor of 
Beedon, was high sheriff of Berkshire, 1439-1451. 

William Read (2) in 1536 added Barton Court 
to the family estates. He married Dorothy, daughter of 
John Beaumont of Cole Orton. 

Thomas Read (3) married Ann, daughter of 
Thomas Hoo of Hoo, Hertfordshire. 

Their son. Sir Thomas Read (4) was lord of the 
manors of Beedon, Barton and Dunster; and in 1581 was 
made high sheriff of Bucks. He married Mary, daugh- 
ter of George Stonehouse, Esq., of Little Peckham, Kent, 
Clerk of the Green Cloth. 

Sir Thomas Read (5) married Mary, daughter of 
Sir John Brocket. 

Their son, Thomas Read (6) married Mary, daugh- 
ter of Thomas Cornwall, Lord of Shropshire. 

The above is supposed to be the ancestry of William 
Reed (or Reade) who came to America in 1635. He 
was born in England in 1587; married Mabel Kendall, 
who with three children came to New England with 
him; resided successively in Dorchester, Scituate, Bos- 
ton and Woburn; returned to England, leaving three 
children in this country; and died at Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne in 1656, aged about 69. His widow, with the 
younger children, again crossed the ocean and married, 
November 21, 1660, Henry Summers of Woburn. After 
his death she lived with her son, George, until she died, 
June 15, 1690, aged 85. 

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Deacon George Reed (9) was born in England 
September 14, 1G60. He was deacon of the church in 
Woburn to which, in 1711, he presented a silver Com- 
munion cup. This was still in use in 1861. He died at 
Woburn. January 30, 1756. 



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RUGGLES 

1. Thomas Ruggles, died about 1547; married, 

2. Nicholas Ruggles, married, 

3. Thomas Ruggles, married, 

4. John Ruggles, born 1591; died Oct. 6, 1663; mar- 

ried, 
Barbara, born 1605; died Jan., 1637. 

5. John Ruggles, born 1633; died Feb. 25, 1713; 

married, April 3, 1655, 
Mary Gibson, born March 29, 1637; died Dec. 6, 
1674. 

6. John Ruggles, born May 19, 1657; married, May 

1, 1679, 
Hannah Devotion. 

7. Elizabeth Ruggles, born Oct. 21, 1710; died 

Aug., 1767; married, Oct. 10, 1728, 
Daniel Spooner, born Feb. 28, 1694; died 1797. 

RUGGLES 

Thomas Ruggles (3), third son of Nicholas, was 
bom in Sudbury, Suffolk. He came to America and was 
living in Roxbury in 1637. 

John Ruggles (4), second son of Thomas (3), 
was also born in Sudbury, Suffolk. His wife's name 
was Barbara. John Eliot says of him ''John Ruggles 

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he came to New England in the year, 1635, and soon 
after his coming, joined to the church; he was a Hvely 
Christian, known to many of the church in old Eng- 
land where many of the church injoyed society together. 
He brought his first-born, John Ruggles, with him and 
his second son was still-borne in the 11th month, 1636, 
of which his wife died. Barbara was a godly, Chris- 
tian woman." He came from Nazig, England and set- 
tled in Roxbury; was a representative. His second wife 
was Margery Hamonde, "a maide-servant." His only 
child who lived to maturity was 

John Ruggles (5) who lived in Roxbury; married 
first, Mary Gibson; second, Sarah Dyer of Weymouth; 
and third, Ruth. 

John Ruggles (6) married Hannah Devotion and 
after her death, Mrs. Elizabeth Day. His eighth child 
by his first wife was Elizabeth, who married Daniel 
Spooner. 

Captain John Ruggles, probably (4), was in the 
Louisburg expedition, in 1645. 

The "History of Hardwick" gives Nazig as "Naz- 
ing" and describes it as "a parish in the Hundred of 
Waltham, near Epping in the County of Essex, Eng- 
land." 

Nicholas Ruggely bought an estate in Warwick and 
was appointed Ranger of Sutton Chase in the second 
year of Henry IV. In 1428 he was sheriff of Warwick 
and Leicester. In the tenth year of King Henry V the 
family was living in Staffordshire. The younger branch 
moved to Lincolnshire in the sixteenth century, then to 
Suffolk. These were the ancestors of Thomas Ruggles 
of Sudbury. 

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SPOONER 

1. John Spooner * of Leyden, married, 
Anna Peck. 

2. William Spooner, died 1684; married March 18, 

1652, 

Hannah Pratt. 

3. Samuel Spooner, born Jan. 14, 1665; died 1739; 

married. 
Experience Wing, born Aug. 4, 1668 ; died after 
1731. 

4. Daniel Spooner, born Feb. 28, 1694; died 1797; 

married, Oct. 10, 1728, 
Elizabeth Ruggles, born Oct. 21, 1710; died 
Aug., 1767. 

5. Elizabeth Spooner, born Jan. 14, 1731 ; died Nov. 

24, 1756; married, March 24, 1749; 
Daniel Fay, born Oct. 21; 1728; died Feb. 28, 
1715. 

SPOONER 

WilHam Spooner (2) arrived at the New Plymouth 
settlement early in the year, 1637. Whence he came, 
whether with Ann Spooner from Leyden, whether direct 
from the mother country, or whether, which we think 
most probable, from the little embryo town of Colchester, 

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Massachusetts Colony, is not known. It is known that 
in 1616 John Spooner was living in Leyden and was 
the head of a family ; also that Ann Spooner, his widow, 
was there in 1630. In 1637 an Ann Spooner who, it is 
supposed was the Ann Spooner of Leyden, was living 
in Salem and John and Ann are believed to have been 
the parents of William (2) and of Thomas, who was 
in Salem in 1637. 

In the list of August, 1643, William Spooner is 
mentioned as one "of all the males that are able to beare 
arms from XVI years old to 60 years within the several 
townships." 

He was propounded to take up his freedom (the 
qualifications to become a freeman were "twenty-one 
years of age, sober, peaceable conversation, orthodoxy 
in the fundamentals of religion and a ratable estate of 
twenty pounds." He resided in Plymouth till about 1660 
when he removed to Dartmouth (or rather, Acushnet 
in the Dartmouth purchase). 

Samuel Spooner (3) was constable in 1680 and 
again in 1684 of Dartmouth Province of Massachusetts 
Bay; served on grand and petit juries and held other 
positions of trust. An extract from his will follows : 

"Imp's My will is and I hereby give and bequeath 
to Experience, my dearly beloved wife, one feather bed 
and furniture to it, at her election, with all other my 
household goods and utensils within doors during her 
widowhood and that with what my three sons are other- 
wise obliged to do for her interests will be an honorable 
support for her during her remaining my widow." 

Daniel Spooner (4) moved from Dartmouth to 
Newport, R. I., where he was admitted a freeman in 

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May, 1732, and where he carried on the business of a 
house carpenter. He later returned to New Bedford, 
but moved again before June 16, 1748, when he was a 
land owner in Hardwick. He afterwards moved to 
Petersham where, with his wife, he was admitted to the 
membership of the First Church, April 2, 1749. He 
was made a deacon, July 11, 1750. The following de- 
scription is given of him "an active, thorough-going, re- 
liable man, devoted to his family and friends and ever 
alert in the interests of his town and the welfare of his 
country. In all the trying times of the Revolutionary 
conflict, although then beyond the allotted age of man, 
he took a most decided interest and gave his full influ- 
ence in behalf of his country. As an evidence of his 
vigorous old age, 'after he had passed his ninetieth year, 
he made the journey on horseback to Vermont, to visit 
;)9. sons. 

"In his family, where he was ample provider, indul- 
gent and kindly, giving to his children all the educational 
advantages afforded by the neighborhood, yet he was a 
rigid disciplinarian. A great-grandson of his relates 
that Daniel 'was a carpenter and joiner and worked much 
from home during the week and, on his return home Sat- 
urday night, he would call up his large family of boys 
and, without any inquiry, give each of them a whipping, 
presuming that, by their conduct through the week, they 
had deserved it.' " 



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SWEETMAN 

1. Thomas Svveetman, died Jan., 1682-3; married, 
Isabel, died about 1709. 

2. Elizabeth Sweetman, born January 6, 1646-7; 

married, December 7, 1671, 

Benjamin Wellington, born 1645-6; died Jan. 8, 
1709-10. 

SWEETMAN 

Thomas Sweetman was a weaver and resided in 
Cambridge as early as 1645. His house was on what is 
now the northwest corner of the college grounds. His 
widow was probably the Mrs. Sweetman who received 
charity from the church from 1691 to 1709, about which 
time she probably died. Elizabeth was his eldest daugh- 
ter. 



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WARDEN 

1. Peter Warden, of Yarmouth, married, 
Mary. 

2. Mercy Warden, born 1640; died Sept. 22, 1688; 

married, 
Kenelm Winslow, born about 1636; died Nov. 
11, 1715. 



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WARREN 

1. John Warren, bom 1585; died Dec. 13, 1667; 

married, 

Margaret, died Nov. 6, 1662. 

2. Daniel Warren, bom 1628; died 1667; married, 

Dec. 10, 1650, 

Mary Barron, died Feb. 13, 1715-16. 

S. Mary Warren, born Nov. 29, 1651 ; died May 12, 
1754; married. May 29, 1668, 

John Child, born 1636; died Oct. 15, 1676 

WARREN 

John Warren (1) was born in Nayland, Suffolk, in 
1585, and is said to be the son of John Warren of Nay- 
land and his wife Elizabeth. His second wife, Margaret, 
was the mother of his son, Daniel. 

John Warren (1) came to America in 1630; set- 
tled in Watertown; was admitted freeman, May 18, 
1631; selectman, 1636 to 1640; and in 1635 was ap- 
pointed with Abraham Brown, to lay out all highways 
and to see that they were repaired. 

In October, 1651, he and Thomas Arnold were fined 
20 shilHngs each for an offence against baptism. March 
14, 1658-9 he was to be warned for not attending public 
worship, but "Old Man Warren is not to be found in 
town." The homes of Old Man Warren and Goodman 

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Hammond were ordered to be searched for Quakers. 
His will dated November 30, and proved November 6, 
1662, mentions children John, Mary, Daniel and Eliza- 
beth, probably all born in England. 

Daniel Warren (2) took the oath of fidelity in 1652. 
His will, dated November 30, and proved December 17, 
1667, mentions son Daniel and other children. 

Mary Warren married first, John Child, and second, 
April 13, 1677, Nathaniel Fiske. 



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WELLINGTON 

1. Roger Wellington, born 1609-10; died March 11, 

1698-9; married, 
Mary Palgrave. 

2. Benjamin Wellington, born 1645-6; died Jan. 8, 

1709-10; married, Dec. 7, 1671, 
Elizabeth Sweetman, born Jan. 6, 1646-7. 

3. Elizabeth Wellington, born Dec. 29, 1673 ; died 

March 8, 1729; married, Dec. 1, 1690, 
John Fay, born Nov. 30, 1669; died Jan. 5, 1747. 

WELLINGTON 

Roger Wellington was a planter and an early set- 
tler of Watertown, his name being on the earliest list of 
proprietors extant; admitted freeman, April 18, 1690. 
He married Mary, daughter of Dr. Richard Palgrave of 
Charlestown, who apparently did not survive him as she 
was not mentioned in his will, dated Dec. 17, 1697, and 
proved March 11, 1698. His son, Benjamin, and his 
grand-daughter, Mary Livermore, were mentioned 
among others. He was selectman 1678-79-81-83-84-91. 

See "History of Watertown." 

He owned home stall, adjoining that of Simon 
Stone, of 16 acres, also 145 acres of land elsewhere. 

Benjamin Wellington (2) was admitted freeman, in 
December, 1677. 

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WING 

1. Matthew Wynge, died 1614; married, 

2. John Winge, died 1629-30; married, 
Deborah Bachiler, born 1592. 

3. Daniel Wing, died 1698; married, June 2, 1666, 
Anna Ewer. 

4. Experience Wing, bom Aug. 4, 1688; died after 

1731; married, 

Samuel Spooner, bom Jan. 14, 1655; died 1739. 

WING 

Matthew Wynge (1), of Banbury Cross, tailor, 
made his will, August 9, 1614, and it was proved, Novem- 
ber 15, of the same year. In the will he leaves 100 
pounds to the poor and requests that his body be buried 
in the parish church. 

The Rev. John Winge (2) third son of the above, 
lived first in Sandwich, England, then at Hanbury, then 
moved to Flushing, Zealand, where he was chosen pastor 
of the Puritan Church. Later he lived in The Hague, 
Holland. Apparently he returned to England, shortly 
before his death, for in his will he styles himself, "John 
Winge, late of The Hague, clerk, now living in St. Mary 
Aldermay, London." The will was made November 2, 
1629, and proved, August 4, 1630. In it he disposes of 
lands in Cuckston and Kent, half to his wife and half to 

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his children. His wife was Deborah Batchelder, daugh- 
ter by his first wife, of the Rev. Stephen Batchelder. 

Daniel Wing (3) associated himself with the Society 
of Friends and, with others, was subjected to the penalties 
of the law for not supporting the Puritan Church. He 
was fined frequently and excluded from the number of 
freemen for the ofifense of being a Quaker. His second 
wife, Anna Ewer, was the mother of his daughter, Ex- 
perience. 



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WINSLOW, 

1. Kenelm WinsloWj died 1607; married, 
Catherine. 

2. Edward Winslow, born October 17, 1560; died 

before 1631; married, November 4, 1594, 

Magdalen Ollyver. 

3. Kenelm Winslow, born April 29, 1599; died Sep- 

tember 12, 1682; married, June, 1634, 

Ellen ( ) Adams^ born 1598; died December 

5, 1681. 

4. Kenelm Winslow, born about 1636; died Novem- 

ber 11, 1715 ; married, 
Mercy Warden, born about 1640; died September 
22, 1688. 

5. Major Edward Winslow, born January 30, 1681 ; 

died June 25, 1760; married, 
Sarah, born 1682 ; died October 11, 1765. 

6. Lydia Winslow, born September 8, 1709; died 

January 7, 1770 ; married, July 10, 1729, 
Deacon James Foster, born June 6, 1705; died 
1786. 

WINSLOW 

Kenelm Winslow (1) of Kempsey, England, died 
in 1607 in the Parish of St. Andrew, Worcester. 

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Edward Winslow (2) of Droitwich and Kempsey, 
Worcestershire, married first Eleanor Pelham ; and sec- 
ond, at St. Bride's Church, London, November 4, 1594, 
Magdalen Ollyver, mother of his son Kenelm. 

Kenelm Winslow (3) was born in Droitwich, Wor- 
cestershire, April 29, 1599, and came to New England, 
probably about 1629, residing in Plymouth till about 
1641, when he removed to Marshfield, which he repre- 
sented in the General Court for eight years. He also held 
sundry minor offices. He was a farmer and joiner. In 
June, 1634, he married Ellen, widow of John Adams, who 
sui-vived him, dying at Marshfield in 1681, aged 83. He 
died at Salem (where he had perhaps resorted for medi- 
cal aid, having long been sick), September 12, 1672, 

Kenelm Winslow (4) settled in what is now Brew- 
ster, and married Mercy, daughter of Peter Warden of 
Yarmouth. She died in 1688 and he married, second, 

Damaris , who survived him. He died in 1715, 

aged 79, and his headstone stands in a cemetery near his 
homestead, but within the easterly border of Dennis. 

Major Edward Winslow (5) resided in Roch; was 
a farmer and engaged in the making and forging of iron ; 
was selectman, town clerk, town treasurer, justice of the 
peace and of the quorum, and was also major of militia 
and generally designated by his military title. 

See "The History of Hardwick," Paige. 



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